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