Assessing the effectiveness of hydrological similarity measures for flood frequency analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 270-285

  Castellarin, A ^a   Burn, D H ^b   Brath, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flood frequency analysis; Region of influence; Sensonality; Similarity measures

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

HYDROLOGY;

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; PERMEABILITY; RAIN;

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; PERMEABILITY; RAINFALL;

ITALY;

EID: 0035977696     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00383-8     Document Type: Article

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