Regime shifts in annual maximum rainfall across Australia – implications for intensity–frequency–duration (IFD) relationships

Verdon-Kidd, D. C.; Kiem, A. S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4735-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4735-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4735-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 12

Research article

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03 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 03 Dec 2015

Regime shifts in annual maximum rainfall across Australia – implications for intensity–frequency–duration (IFD) relationships

D. C. Verdon-Kidd and A. S. Kiem

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Final revised paper (published on 03 Dec 2015)
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RC C1169: 'Review Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Apr 2015
- AC C2665: 'Response to anonymous reviewer', Danielle Verdon-Kidd, 21 Jul 2015
RC C1257: 'Review report', Francesco Serinaldi, 26 Apr 2015
- AC C2673: 'Response to Dr Serinaldi', Danielle Verdon-Kidd, 21 Jul 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (29 Jul 2015) by Nadia Ursino

AR by Danielle Verdon-Kidd on behalf of the Authors (17 Sep 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (28 Sep 2015) by Nadia Ursino

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Oct 2015) by Nadia Ursino

RR by Francesco Serinaldi (12 Oct 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (13 Oct 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (26 Oct 2015) by Nadia Ursino

AR by Danielle Verdon-Kidd on behalf of the Authors (04 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Nov 2015) by Nadia Ursino

AR by Danielle Verdon-Kidd on behalf of the Authors (11 Nov 2015)

Short summary

Rainfall intensity-frequency-duration (IFD) relationships are required for the design and planning of water supply and management systems around the world. Currently IFD information is based on the "stationary climate assumption". However, this paper provides evidence of regime shifts in annual maxima rainfall time series using 96 daily rainfall stations and 66 sub-daily rainfall stations across Australia. Importantly, current IFD relationships may under- or overestimate the design rainfall.