Flood frequency under the influence of trends in the Pearl River basin, China: Changing patterns, causes and implications

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1406-1417

  Zhang, Qiang ^a,b   Gu, Xihui ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^c   Xiao, Mingzhong ^a   Xu, Chong Yu ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Texas A M University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Exponential trend model; Flood risk; Nonstationarity; Pearl River basin; Trends; Two parameter log normal distribution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; GEMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

EXPONENTIAL TREND MODEL; FLOOD RISKS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NON-STATIONARITIES; PEARL RIVER BASIN; TRENDS;

FLOODS;

EID: 84923842127     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10278     Document Type: Article

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