Return period and risk analysis of nonstationary low-flow series under climate change

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 527, Issue , 2015, Pages 234-250

  Du, Tao ^a   Xiong, Lihua ^a   Xu, Chong Yu ^a,b   Gippel, Christopher J ^c   Guo, Shenglian ^a   Liu, Pan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General Circulation Models (GCMs); Low flow; Nonstationarity; Return period; Risk

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; WATER RESOURCES;

EXTREME HYDROLOGICAL EVENTS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LOW FLOW; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NON-STATIONARITIES; RETURN PERIODS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

RISK ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RETURN PERIOD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; WEI RIVER;

EID: 84929322358     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.04.041     Document Type: Article

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