Comparison of annual maximum series and partial duration series methods for modeling extreme hydrologic events 2. Regional modeling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 759-769

  Madsen, Henrik ^a,c   Pearson, Charles P ^b   Rosbjerg, Dan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMUM SERIES; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROLOGY; MODELLING; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES;

NEW ZEALAND;

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RUNOFF;

ANNUAL MAXIMUM SERIES; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; ESTIMATION SCHEMES; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE (GEV) DISTRIBUTIONS; L-MOMENT RATIO DIAGRAMS; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES METHOD; REGIONALIZATION APPROACHES;

RAIN;

EID: 0030619012     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR03849     Document Type: Article

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