Contents

pp vii-x

List of Authors

pp xi-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xiv

I - INTRODUCTION

pp 1-2

1 - Hydrological uncertainty in perspective

pp 3-10

II - FACETS OF UNCERTAINTY

pp 11-12

1 - Bayesian relative information measure – a tool for analyzing the outputs of general circulation models

pp 13-24

2 - A stochastic weather generator using atmospheric circulation patterns and its use to evaluate climate change effects

pp 25-31

3 - Hydrological uncertainty – floods of Lake Eyre

pp 32-38

4 - Some aspects of hydrological design under non-stationarity

pp 39-44

5 - New plotting position rule for flood records considering historical data and palaeologic information

pp 45-52

III - NOVEL APPROACHES TO UNCERTAINTY: FRACTALS, FUZZY SETS AND PATTERN RECOGNITION, NON-PARAMETRIC METHODS

pp 53-54

1 - Dispersion in stratified soils with fractal permeability distribution

pp 55-60

2 - Multifractals and rain

pp 61-103

3 - Is rain fractal?

pp 104-108

4 - Multifractal structure of rainfall occurrence in West Africa

pp 109-113

5 - Analysis of high-resolution rainfall data

pp 114-120

6 - Application of fuzzy theory to snowmelt runoff

pp 121-125

7 - On the value of fuzzy concepts in hydrology and water resources management

pp 126-132

8 - Application of neural network in groundwater remediation under conditions of uncertainty

pp 133-140

9 - Application of pattern recognition to rainfall–runoff analysis

pp 141-144

10 - Nonparametric estimation of multivariate density and nonparametric regression

pp 145-150

11 - Nonparametric approach to design flood estimation with pre-gauging data and information

pp 151-160

IV - RANDOM FIELDS

pp 161-162

1 - Analysis of regional drought characteristics with empirical orthogonal functions

pp 163-167

2 - Worth of radar data in real-time prediction of mean areal rainfall by nonadvective physically-based models

pp 168-180

3 - Uncertainty analysis in radar-rainfall estimation

pp 181-189

4 - Design of groundwater monitoring networks for landfills

pp 190-196

5 - Spatial variability of evaporation from the land surface – random initial conditions

pp 197-205