Comparison of models for estimating flood quantiles in New Hampshire and Vermont

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1233-1243

  Dingman, S Lawrence ^a   Palaia, Kevin J ^b  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b Arthur D Little Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Hydraulic geometry; Modeling statistics; New Hampshire; Regional analysis; Surface water hydrology; Vermont

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DRAINAGE; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY;

FLOODS;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 0033213343     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04210.x     Document Type: Article

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