Climate-informed low-flow frequency analysis using nonstationary modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2112-2124

  Liu, Dedi ^a   Guo, Shenglian ^a   Lian, Yanqing ^b   Xiong, Lihua ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Local likelihood; Low flow frequency analysis; Nonstationarity

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; LOCAL LIKELIHOOD; LOW FLOW; NON-STATIONARITIES; NON-STATIONARY CHARACTERISTICS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FLOW MODELING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LOW FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM;

EID: 84927692641     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10360     Document Type: Article

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