A risk-based approach to flood management decisions in a nonstationary world

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1928-1942

  Rosner, Ana ^a   Vogel, Richard M ^b   Kirshen, Paul H ^c  

^a One Migratory Way   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; hypothesis testing; nonstationarity; regret; storm surge; trend detection

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ERRORS; FLOOD CONTROL; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ADAPTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NON-STATIONARITIES; REGRET; STORM SURGES; TREND DETECTION;

FLOODS;

EID: 84895416709     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014561     Document Type: Article

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