Three procedures for selection of annual flood peak distribution

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 323, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 57-73

  Mitosek, H T ^a   Strupczewski, W G ^a   Singh, V P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Model choice; Monte Carlo techniques; Parameter estimation; Probability distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANNUAL PEAK FLOW; CONVECTIVE DIFFUSION (CD); FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY OF CORRECT SELECTION (PCS);

FLOODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLOOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 33747434036     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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