Rainfall depth-duration-frequency curves and their uncertainties

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 124-134

  Overeem, Aart ^a   Buishand, Adri ^a   Holleman, Iwan ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Confidence bands; DDF curves; GEV distribution; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; GRAPH THEORY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONFIDENCE BANDS; DDF CURVES; GEV DISTRIBUTION;

RAIN;

FUNCTION EVALUATION; GRAPH THEORY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN;

BOOTSTRAPPING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41649107466     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.044     Document Type: Article

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