Does nonstationarity in rainfall require nonstationary intensity–duration–frequency curves?

In Canada, risk of flooding due to heavy rainfall has risen in recent decades; the most notable recent examples include the July 2013 storm in the Greater Toronto region and the May 2017 flood of the Toronto Islands. We investigate nonstationarity and trends in the short-duration precipitation e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: P. Ganguli, P. Coulibaly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-12-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/6461/2017/hess-21-6461-2017.pdf