Probable maximum precipitation in a changing climate: Implications for dam design

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 06014006-

  Stratz, Steven A ^a   Hossain, Faisal ^b  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change and risks; Dams; Design; Extreme storms; Probable maximum precipitation

Indexed keywords

DAMS; DESIGN; NUMERICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS;

CALIFORNIA; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE TRENDS; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; NONSTATIONARY; PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION; STATIC DESIGN; STATIONARITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM; DESIGN; EXTREME EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911213738     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001021     Document Type: Article

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