A joint modelling framework for daily extremes of river discharge and precipitation in urban areas

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 97-114

  Breinl, K ^a   Strasser, U ^b   Bates, P ^c   Kienberger, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial floods; hydrological modelling; joint hazard modelling; pluvial floods; stochastic modelling; weather generator

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES; URBAN AREA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 85012938350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12150     Document Type: Article

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