Uncertainties in partial duration series modelling of extremes related to the choice of the threshold value

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 215-230

  Beguería, Santiago ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extreme rainfall events; Frequency analysis; Generalised Pareto distribution; Partial duration series; Peaks over threshold; Threshold stability; Threshold value

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EXTREMES; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES MODELING; THRESHOLD VALUES; UNCERTAINTIES;

HYDROLOGY;

EXTREME EVENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; THRESHOLD;

EID: 14644425283     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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