Analytical derivation of the flood frequency curve through partial duration series analysis and a probabilistic representation of the runoff coefficient

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Franchini, Marco ^a   Galeati, Giorgio ^b   Lolli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b ENEL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annual maximum peak flow distribution; Annual maximum series; Partial duration series; Peak flow distribution; Rational method; Regionalization techniques; Runoff coefficient

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); PROBABILITY; RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES; RUNOFF;

FLOOD FREQUENCY CURVE; NATURAL VARIABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; RUNOFF COEFFICIENT;

FLOODS;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PEAK FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MARCHE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14644443017     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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