Use of partial duration series for single-station and regional analysis of floods

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 68-75

  Birikundavyi, S ^a   Rousselle, J ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FLOODS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

INDEX FLOOD METHOD; PARETO DISTRIBUTION; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

FLOOD ESTIMATION; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENTS;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0031126186     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(1997)2:2(68)     Document Type: Article

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