Representing low-frequency variability in continuous rainfall simulations: A hierarchical random Bartlett Lewis continuous rainfall generation model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 9995-10007

  Wasko, Conrad ^a   Pui, Alexander ^a,b   Sharma, Ashish ^a   Mehrotra, Rajeshwar ^a   Jeremiah, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b 2 Medical Device Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

continuous rainfall simulation; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; low frequency variability; random pulse Bartlett Lewis model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; NICKEL; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DESIGN FLOOD ESTIMATION; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LEWIS MODEL; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DESIGN FLOOD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84956784795     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017469     Document Type: Article

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