New climate change rainfall estimates for sustainable drainage

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 214-224

  Dale, Murray ^a   Luck, Barry ^b   Fowler, Hayley J ^c   Blenkinsop, Stephen ^a   Gill, Elliot ^a   Bennett, Jemma ^a   Kendon, Elizabeth ^d   Chan, Steven ^c  

^a UK Water Industry Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UK Water Industry Research Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floods floodworks; Sewers drains; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMBINED SEWERS; DRAINAGE; FLOODS; RAIN; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS;

FLOOD & FLOODWORK; FLOODINGS; INTENSITY CHANGE; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SEWER & DRAIN; SEWER FLOODING; URBAN SURFACE WATERS; WEATHER; WET-WEATHER POLLUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85011643972     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/jensu.15.00030     Document Type: Article

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