Regional estimation of rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves using generalized least squares regression of partial duration series statistics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 21-1-21-11

  Madsen, Henrik ^a   Mikkelsen, Peter Steen ^b   Rosbjerg, Dan ^b   Harremoës, Poul ^b  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Generalized least squares regression; L moments; Partial duration series; Rainfall extremes; Regional estimation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

RAIN GUAGES;

RAIN;

EXTREME EVENT; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGRESSION;

EID: 0036879812     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr001125     Document Type: Article

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