Episodic change analysis of the annual flood peak time series for a flood insurance study

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-91

  Markus, Momcilo ^a   Knapp, H Vernon ^a   Flegel, Amanda ^a   McConkey, Sally ^a   Thomas, Wilbert O ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b MICHAEL BAKER JR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; FEMA; Flood frequency; Kendal Tau test; National Floodplain Insurance Program (NFIP); Pecatonica River; T test; Trend

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RIVERS; SOFTWARE TESTING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FEMA; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD PEAK; FLOOD PLAINS; KENDAL-TAU TEST; NATIONAL FLOODPLAIN INSURANCE PROGRAM; PECATONICUM RIVER; T-TESTS; TAU TEST; TREND;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; PEAK FLOW; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW; TESTING METHOD; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84876853554     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)he.1943-5584.0000604     Document Type: Article

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