Evaluating the non-stationarity of Australian annual maximum flood.

Highlights: [•] Trend detection in hydrological data is important in changing climate regime. [•] We applied Mann–Kendall test to examine trend in the AM flood data in Australia. [•] We considered the impact of serial and cross correlation on the trend detection. [•] We investigated the linkage of the identified trends with large scale climatic modes. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]