Determination of flood seasonality from hydrological records

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 511-526

  Cunderlik, Juraj M ^a,b   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^a   Bob́ee, Bernard ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual maximum; Flood sensonality; Peaks over threshold; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLOODS; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLOOD SEASONALITY; SEASONALITY DISTRIBUTION;

HYDROLOGY;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; HISTORICAL RECORD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 2942537825     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.49.3.511.54351     Document Type: Article

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