Stochastic storm transposition coupled with rainfall-runoff modeling for estimation of exceedance probabilities of design floods

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 511-532

  Franchini, M ^a   Helmlinger, K R ^a,c   Foufoula Georgiou, E ^b   Todini, E ^a  

^a Facolta di Ingegneria   (Italy)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c Higher Dimension Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN FLOOD; RAINFALL/RUNOFF MODEL; STOCHASTIC STORM TRANSPOSITION;

EID: 0030511854     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)80022-9     Document Type: Article

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