Probabilistic envelope curves for extreme rainfall events

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 378, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 263-271

  Castellarin, Attilio ^a   Merz, Ralf ^b   Blöschl, Günter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Design storm; Flood risk; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMUM SERIES; CENTRAL ITALY; CROSS-CORRELATION; DEPTH-DURATION; DESIGN STORM; ENVELOPE CURVE; EXTREME RAINFALL; FLOOD FLOW; FLOOD RISK; FREQUENCY EQUATION; PROBABILISTIC INTERPRETATION; RAINFALL DEPTHS; RAINFALL DURATION; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINGAUGES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; REGIONAL ENVELOPE CURVES; REGIONALIZATION; STUDY AREAS; UPPER BOUND;

CURVE FITTING; FLOOD CONTROL; RISK PERCEPTION; STORMS;

RAIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DESIGN; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; RAINSTORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350519595     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.030     Document Type: Article

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