A fully probabilistic approach to extreme rainfall modeling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 35-50

  Coles, Stuart ^a   Pericchi, Luis Raúl ^b   Sisson, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Annual maximum; Bayes; Declustering; Distribution; Generalized extreme value distribution; Generalized pareto; Seasonal series

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; PROBABILITY; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HISTORICAL EVIDENCES;

HYDROLOGY;

EXTREME EVENT; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037466132     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00353-0     Document Type: Article

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