L-moments based assessment of a mixture model for frequency analysis of rainfall extremes

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 331-334

  Tartaglia, V ^a   Caporali, E ^a   Cavigli, E ^a   Moro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 33748082705     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-2-331-2006     Document Type: Article

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