Drought severity estimation under a changing climate

Australian Journal of Water Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-151

  Tan, Kim Seong ^a   Rhodes, B G ^a  

^a MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

"return to dry" scenario; Adaptive management; Climate change and variability; Critical drought duration and storage drawdown; Drought response planning; Low flow frequency analysis; Water outlook

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; GLOBAL WARMING; STREAM FLOW; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

"RETURN TO DRY" SCENARIO; 'DRY' [; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY; CRITICAL DROUGHT DURATION AND STORAGE DRAWDOWN; DROUGHT DURATION; DROUGHT RESPONSE; DROUGHT RESPONSE PLANNING; FLOW FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LOW FLOW; LOW FLOW FREQUENCY ANALYSE; WATER OUTLOOK;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; STREAMFLOW; URBAN POLICY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84892516226     PISSN: 13241583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7158/w13-029.2013.17.2     Document Type: Article

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