Flood frequency estimation by continuous simulation (with likelihood based uncertainty estimation)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-34

  Cameron, David ^a   Beven, Keith ^b   Tawn, Jonathan ^c   Naden, Pamela ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floods; Frequency; Rainfall runoff modelling; TOPMODEL

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RETURN PERIOD;

EID: 0033943215     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-4-23-2000     Document Type: Article

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