A general regional frequency analysis framework for quantifying local-scale climate effects: A case study of ENSO effects on Southeast Queensland rainfall

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 512, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-68

  Sun, Xun ^a   Thyer, Mark ^b   Renard, Benjamin ^a   Lang, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate informed model; ENSO; Precipitation; Regional frequency analysis; Spatio temporal extremes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; ENSO; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84896050449     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.02.025     Document Type: Article

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