Regional flood frequency analysis based on a Weibull model: Part 1. Estimation and asymptotic variances

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 242, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 157-170

  Heo, Jun Haeng ^a   Boes, D C ^b   Salas, J D ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Index flood; Regional flood frequency analysis; Simulation; Statistical hydrology; Weibull model

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ASYMPTOTIC VARIANCES; CRAMER-RAO LOWER BOUND THEORY;

FLOOD CONTROL;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; REGIONALISM; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 0035961550     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00334-6     Document Type: Article

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