Index flood-based multivariate regional frequency analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Chebana, F ^a   Ouarda, T B M J ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE; BIVARIATE MODELS; FLOOD MODELS; INCREASED FLEXIBILITY; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; REGION SIZE; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL HOMOGENEITY; SIMULATION RESULT; SIMULATION STUDIES; SMALL VARIATIONS; UNIVARIATE;

RISK PERCEPTION;

SIMULATORS;

FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 72149123149     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007490     Document Type: Article

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