The flood probability distribution tail: How heavy is it?

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-122

  Bernardara, Pietro ^a,b   Schertzer, Daniel ^a,c   Sauquet, Eric ^b   Tchiguirinskaia, Ioulia ^a   Lang, Michel ^b  

^a Universite Paris Est   (France)

^b CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behaviour; Cascades; Flood frequency analysis; Heavy tails; Multifractals; Power law

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FREQUENCY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER LAW; PROBABILITY; RIVER DISCHARGE;

EID: 36349004840     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-006-0101-2     Document Type: Article

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