Towards operational guidelines for over-threshold modeling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 225, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 103-117

  Lang, M ^a   Ouarda, T B M J ^b   Bobee B ^b  

^a CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flood; Frequency; Partial duration series; Sampling; Threshold value

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; THRESHOLD;

EID: 0033530888     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00167-5     Document Type: Review

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