Regional flood frequency analysis of North-Bank of the River Brahmaputra by using LH-moments

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1779-1790

  Bhuyan, Abhijit ^a   Borah, Munindra ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^b  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

GEV distribution; LH moment ratio diagram; Regional flood frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

BRAHMAPUTRA; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; GEV DISTRIBUTIONS; GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; L-MOMENTS; LH-MOMENTS; MOMENT RATIO; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIODS; STUDY AREAS; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; PIPE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

CATCHMENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RIVER FLOW; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER;

EID: 77953321618     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9524-0     Document Type: Article

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