Bias correction in hydrologic GPD based extreme value analysis by means of a slowly varying function

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 338, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 221-236

  Willems, Patrick ^a   Guillou, Armelle ^b   Beirlant, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Extreme value analysis; Extremes; Floods; Peak over threshold; Rainfall runoff

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL METHODS; STREAM FLOW;

EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS (EXP); EXTREME VALUE ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTIONS (GPD); PEAK OVER THRESHOLD;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CALIBRATION; FLOOD CONTROL; RAIN; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL METHODS; STREAM FLOW;

CORRECTION; FLOOD; METHODOLOGY; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES;

EID: 34247859254     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.02.035     Document Type: Article

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