Trivariate generalized extreme value distribution in flood frequency analysis

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 550-567

  Sandoval, Carlos Escalante ^a   Raynal Villaseñor, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

GEV distribution; Maximum likelihood estimates; Multivariate extreme value distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR STATIONS; RAIN; STANDARDS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WIND EFFECTS;

APPLIED (CO); BIVARIATE; BIVARIATE APPROACH; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAUGING STATIONS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE (GEV); GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION; IN ORDER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MARGINALS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD (ML) ESTIMATORS; MULTI VARIABLES; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; RETURN PERIOD; SAMPLING TECHNIQUES; SMALL SAMPLES; TRIVARIATE DISTRIBUTION; UNIVARIATE; UNIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 45449107624     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.3.550     Document Type: Article

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