Quantifying the dependence between extreme rainfall and storm surge in the coastal zone

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 505, Issue , 2013, Pages 172-187

  Zheng, Feifei ^a   Westra, Seth ^a   Sisson, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dependence between extremes; Extreme rainfall; Extreme storm surge; Flood risk estimation

Indexed keywords

BURST DURATION; DEPENDENCE BETWEEN EXTREMES; EXTREME RAINFALL; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS; FLOOD RISKS; REGIONAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM SURGES;

COASTAL ZONES; FLOODS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

STORMS;

CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM SURGE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TIDE GAUGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84886075415     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.09.054     Document Type: Article

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