An analytical model of the effects of catchment elevation on the flood frequency distribution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Allamano, P ^a   Claps, P ^a   Laio, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATERSHEDS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ANNUAL MAXIMUM; CONCEPTUAL HYPOTHESIS; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURES; FLOOD FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; FLOOD QUANTILES; HYPSOMETRIC CURVES; MODEL APPLICATIONS; MOUNTAINOUS BASINS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FLOOD; MOUNTAIN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATERSHED;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 61349163632     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006658     Document Type: Article

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