Regional precipitation frequency analysis: A literature review of recent developments;La régionalisation des précipitations: Une revue bibliographique des développements récents

Revue des Sciences de l'Eau

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-54

  St Hilaire, A ^a   Ouarda, T B M J ^a   Lachance, M ^a   Bobee B ^a   Barbet, M ^b   Bruneau, P ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

GEV; L moments; Precipitation; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

DAMS; DATA ACQUISITION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

RAIN; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0038710819     PISSN: 09927158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/705497ar     Document Type: Article

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