A comparative study of regression based methods in regional flood frequency analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 92-101

  Pandey, G R ^a   Nguyen, V T V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flood forecasting; Regional flood frequency analysis; Regression methods

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERROR (RMSE); WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

FLOODS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD FREQUENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033596117     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00135-3     Document Type: Article

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