The error and bias of supplementing a short, arid climate, rainfall record with regional vs. global frequency analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 334, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 174-182

  Endreny, Theodore A ^a   Pashiardis, Stelios ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Meteorological Service of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; GEV Type II; Hosking; Intensity duration frequency; Koutsoyiannis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY; RAINFALL RECORDS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR (RMSE);

RAIN;

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33846452886     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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