Extreme value analysis of annual maximum water levels in the Pearl River Delta, China

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-163

  Zhang, Qiang ^a,b   Xu, Chong Yu ^c   Chen, Yongqin David ^a   Liu, Chun Ling ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Annual maximum water level; Extreme value analysis; Extreme values; Pearl River estuary; Probability distribution functions

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DELTA; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RETURN PERIOD; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHY; TYPHOON; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 67349246493     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-009-0025-5     Document Type: Article

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