Estimation of extreme flow quantiles and quantile uncertainty for ungauged catchments

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 313, 2007, Pages 417-424

  Burn, Donald H ^a   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^b   Shu, Chang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frequency analysis; Quantile estimation; Site focused pooling; Uncertainty; Ungauged sites

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EARTH SCIENCES; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; QUANTILE ESTIMATION; SITE-FOCUSED POOLING; UNCERTAINTY; UNGAUGED SITES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 55749111980     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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