Flood frequency analysis with consideration of hydrological alterations: Changing properties, causes and implications

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 803-813

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Gu, Xihui ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b,c   Xiao, Mingzhong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative sum of departures of modulus coefficient technique; Flood frequency; Hydrological alterations; Mann Whitney U test; The Pearl River basin

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE SUMS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; PEARL RIVER BASIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESILIENCE; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG BASIN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84906725033     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.08.011     Document Type: Article

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