Flood frequency under changing climate in the upper Kafue River basin, southern Africa: A large scale hydrological model application

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1883-1898

  Ngongondo, Cosmo ^a,b   Li, Lu ^a   Gong, Lebing ^a,c   Xu, Chong Yu ^a   Alemaw, Berhanu F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Climate change; Floods; Kafue River; Peak over threshold; Southern Africa; WASMOD D

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; GENERALISED PARETO DISTRIBUTIONS; LARGE SCALE HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; PEAK OVER THRESHOLD; PEARSON'S CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; SOUTHERN AFRICA; WASMOD-D;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOOD CONTROL; WATERSHEDS;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROGRAPHY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRIBUTARY;

KAFUE RIVER; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84885021587     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0724-z     Document Type: Article

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