On the tails of extreme event distributions in hydrology

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 355, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 16-33

  El Adlouni, S ^a   Bobee B ^a   Ouarda, T B M J ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behaviour; Classes of distributions; Extreme values theory; Heavy tail; Quantiles; Return period events

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; FINANCE; GRAPH THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOUR; EXTREME VALUES THEORY; HEAVY TAIL; RETURN PERIOD EVENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

DATA STRUCTURES; FINANCE; GRAPH THEORY; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; EXTREME EVENT; FINANCE; HYDROLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 43949085664     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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