Are recent frequent high floods in Mahanadi basin in eastern India due to increase in extreme rainfalls?

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 517, Issue , 2014, Pages 847-862

  Jena, Prachi Pratyasha ^a   Chatterjee, Chandranath ^a   Pradhan, Gourirani ^a   Mishra, Ashok ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Extreme rainfall; Flood; L moment approach; Mahanadi basin; Mann Kendall test; Sen's slope test

Indexed keywords

EXTREME RAINFALL; L-MOMENT APPROACH; MAHANADI BASINS; MANN-KENDALL TEST; SLOPE TEST;

FLOODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN;

BAY OF BENGAL; HIRAKUD RESERVOIR; INDIA; MAHANADI BASIN; ODISHA;

EID: 84904430421     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.06.021     Document Type: Article

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