Regional daily maximum rainfall estimation for Cekerek Watershed by L-moments

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-444

  Yurekli, Kadri ^a   Modarres, Reza ^b   Ozturk, Fazli ^c  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cekerek watershed; GEV; L moments; LOGN3; PDmax; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RAIN GAGES; WATERSHEDS;

GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; L-MOMENTS; LOGN3; PDMAX; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; REGIONALIZATION;

RAIN;

DESIGN FLOOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONALIZATION; WATERSHED;

CICEK MOUNTAIN; ISPARTA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 70749127169     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.139     Document Type: Article

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