Flood frequency analysis using radar rainfall fields and stochastic storm transposition

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1592-1615

  Wright, Daniel B ^a,b   Smith, James A ^b   Baeck, Mary Lynn ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

extremes; floods; hydrologic modeling; hydrometeorology; precipitation; radar

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADAR; RAIN; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

CHARLOTTE , NORTH CAROLINA; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; EXTREMES; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEOUS LAND SURFACES; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS;

FLOODS;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; RADAR; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOCHASTICITY; THUNDERSTORM; WATERSHED;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894250834     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014224     Document Type: Article

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