A formal statistical model for pooled analysis of extreme floods

Hydrology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-480

  Kjeldsen, Thomas R ^a   Jones, David A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMUM FLOW; ANNUAL MAXIMUM SERIES; EXTREME FLOOD; FLOOD ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; MOMENT RATIO; NUMERICAL COMPARISON; REGION OF INFLUENCES; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RURAL CATCHMENTS; STATISTICAL MODELS; TARGET LOCATION;

CATCHMENTS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; RAIN; RUNOFF;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; GAUGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

EID: 70049109805     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2009.055     Document Type: Article

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