Uncertainty in the estimation of extreme rainfalls around the Mediterranean Sea: An illustration using data from Marseille;Incertitude d'estimation des pluies extrêmes du pourtour méditerranéen: Illustration par les données de Marseille

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 389-405

  Bacro, Jean Noel ^a   Chaouche, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Domain of attraction; Extreme rainfall; Generalized Pareto distribution; Heterogeneity; Peaks over threshold method; Quantile

Indexed keywords

FLOOD DAMAGE; HYDROLOGY; PARETO PRINCIPLE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DOMAIN OF ATTRACTION; HETEROGENEITY; PEAKS OVER THRESHOLD METHOD; QUANTILE;

RAIN GAGES;

FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33745048794     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.3.389     Document Type: Article

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