Model and parameter uncertainty in IDF relationships under climate change

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-139

  Chandra, Rupa ^a   Saha, Ujjwal ^b   Mujumdar, P P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bayesian method; Climate change; Intensity duration frequency relationships; Short duration rainfall; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATE MODELS; HYDROLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN METHODS; INTENSITY DURATION FREQUENCIES; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHOD; METROPOLIS-HASTINGS ALGORITHM; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; SHORT DURATION RAINFALLS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; MARKOV CHAIN; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84925451251     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.02.011     Document Type: Article

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