A climate informed model for nonstationary flood risk prediction: Application to Negro River at Manaus, Amazonia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 522, Issue , 2015, Pages 594-602

  Lima, Carlos H R ^a   Lall, Upmanu ^b   Troy, Tara J ^c   Devineni, Naresh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia Water Center Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Lehigh University   (United States)

^d City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Floods; Nonstationarity; Risk; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; HAZARDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; RAIN; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS;

ENSO; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE (GEV) DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NON-STATIONARITIES; NON-UNIFORM PROBABILITY; NONSTATIONARY PARAMETERS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STATISTICAL MODELING;

FLOODS;

CLIMATE MODELING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PEAK FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STREAMFLOW; TELECONNECTION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MANAUS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 84921899683     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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