Adjustment of extreme rainfall statistics accounting for multidecadal climate oscillations

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 490, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-133

  Willems, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate oscillations; Design storms; Rainfall extremes; Urban drainage design

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DESIGN STORMS; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; RAINFALL EXTREMES; TEMPORAL CLUSTERING; URBAN DRAINAGE DESIGNS; URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; STORMS;

RAIN;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DESIGN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DRAINAGE;

EID: 84876825016     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.034     Document Type: Article

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