Regionalization of extreme precipitation distribution using the principal components of the topographical environment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 86-101

  Wotling, G ^a   Bouvier, Ch ^a   Danloux, J ^a   Fritsch, J M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Principal components analysis; Rainfall intensity; Recession analysis; Regionalization; Tropical volcanic island

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDFORMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXTREME PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION; TROPICAL VOLCANIC ISLAND;

RAIN;

EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

EID: 0034640815     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00232-8     Document Type: Article

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