Effect of climate change and variability on extreme rainfall intensity-frequency-duration relationships: A case study of Melbourne

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4065-4076

  Yilmaz, A G ^a   Hossain, I ^b   Perera, B J C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME RAINFALL; MELBOURNE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84907966249     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-4065-2014     Document Type: Article

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