Review of recent advances in index flood estimation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-296

  Bocchiola, D ^a   De Michele, C ^a   Rosso, R ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct and indirect methods; Index flood estimation; Reliability; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FORECASTING; INDEX METHOD; METHODOLOGY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345801329     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-7-283-2003     Document Type: Article

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