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Discussion on "Addressing climatic non-stationarity in the assessment of fl ood risk" by S Westra, I Varley, P Jordan, R Nathan, A Ladson, A Sharma and P Hill.
- Source :
- Australian Journal of Water Resources; 2010, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p169-172, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- The article offers information on the discussion concerning the climatic non-stationarity in assessing the risk of flood in Australia. It notes on how non-stationarity of flood flow is better described with chaos theory, catastrophe theory and hydrologic cycle. It mentions that non-stationarity of historical flood records are being addressed as a significant issue of catchments which have undergone changes due to urbanization and land changes.
- Subjects :
- WATERSHEDS
CLIMATE change
URBANIZATION
HYDROLOGIC cycle
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13241583
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Journal of Water Resources
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 58659136