Assessment of regional floods using L-moments approach: The case of the River Nile

Water Resources Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 723-747

  Atiem, Isameldin A ^a   Harmancioǧlu, Nilgün B ^b  

^a Nyala University   (Sudan)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flood frequency; L moments; Probability weighted moments; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED LOGISTIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROLOGICALLY HOMOGENEOUS REGION; L-MOMENTS APPROACH;

FLOOD CONTROL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; REGIONALIZATION; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; TRIBUTARY;

AFRICA; NILE RIVER;

EID: 33747610405     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-005-9004-0     Document Type: Article

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