Assessing the applicability of fractional order statistics for computing confidence intervals for extreme quantiles

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 376, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 528-541

  Serinaldi, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Flood; Frequency analysis; Quantiles; Return period; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; QUANTILES; RETURN PERIOD; UNCERTAINTY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS; WIND EFFECTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIOD; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; NORTH AMERICA; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249109767     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.065     Document Type: Article

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