Bayesian comparison of different rainfall depth-duration-frequency relationships

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-46

  Muller, Aurélie ^a   Bacro, Jean Noël ^b   Lang, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian framework; Bivariate extreme distributions; Depth duration frequency; Extremal index; Extreme value distributions

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

EID: 36348982838     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-006-0095-9     Document Type: Article

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