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dc.contributor.authorChen, Yi-Ru
dc.contributor.authorYu, Bofu
dc.contributor.authorJenkins, Graham
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:30:25Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:30:25Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-09-11T02:00:32Z
dc.identifier.issn2040-2244
dc.identifier.doi10.2166/wcc.2013.138
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/53829
dc.description.abstractRainfall intensity-frequency-duration curves are used extensively for storm runoff estimation. It is generally assumed that rainfall intensity would increase with global warming irrespective of the underlying changes to rainfall. This study analyzed rainfall and temperature from six sites in Eastern Australia. Two non-overlapping 30-year periods with the greatest difference in the mean annual rainfall were selected at each of the six sites to test for significant changes in the mean annual temperature and rainfall. Changes in the mean rainfall intensity for different frequencies of occurrence and storm durations for each site were also analyzed. Temperature has increased at all sites, and significantly at five out of the six sites. The mean annual rainfall has significantly changed between the two non-overlapping periods at the sites with the exception of Cairns (latitude - 16.87࠳outh). The changes in rainfall intensity for longer durations (=1 h) positively correlate with changes in the mean annual rainfall. There is evidence to suggest that the 6 min rainfall intensity would increase irrespective of the changes in the mean annual rainfall.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent375389 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherIWA Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom244
dc.relation.ispartofpageto251
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Water and Climate Change
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode40
dc.titleSecular variation in rainfall and intensity-frequency-duration curves in Eastern Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Engineering
gro.rights.copyright© IWA Publishing 2013. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. The definitive peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Journal of Water and Climate, Vol 4 No 3 pp 244–251, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2013.138 and is available at www.iwapublishing.com.
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorYu, Bofu


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