Regional frequency analysis of annual maximum daily precipitation in Quebec, Canada;Analyse fréquentielle régionale des précipitations journaliéres maximales annuelles au Québec, Canada

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 717-735

  Onibon, Hubert ^a,b   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^b   Barbet, Marc ^c   St Hilaire, Andre ^c   Bobee, Bernard ^b   Bruneau, Pierre ^c  

^a CIPMA ^*  (Benin)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Extreme precipitation; Frequency analysis; L moments; Precipitation; Quebec; Regional analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS;

REGIONAL ESTIMATION PROCEDURE; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EXTREME EVENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

EID: 3342956589     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.49.4.717.54421     Document Type: Article

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