Rainfall intensity-duration-frequency relationships for Andhra Pradesh, India: Changing rainfall patterns and implications for runoff and groundwater recharge

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 324-330

  Dourte, Daniel ^a   Shukla, Sanjay ^b   Singh, Piara ^c   Haman, Dorota ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater recharge; IDF curves; India; Rainfall change; Rainfall characterization

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF;

GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDERABAD , INDIA; IDF CURVES; INDIA; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL INTENSITY DURATION FREQUENCY; RAINFALL PATTERNS;

RAIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANDHRA PRADESH; HYDERABAD [ANDHRA PRADESH]; INDIA;

EID: 84907977495     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000625     Document Type: Article

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