Generalized extreme value versus Halphen system: Exploratory study

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-89

  El Adlouni, S ^a   Chebana, F ^b   Bobee B ^b  

^a INSEA   (Morocco)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extremes; Flood frequency analysis; Generalized extreme value; Halphen distribution family; Heavy tailed distribution

Indexed keywords

EXTREMES; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; HALPHEN DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY-TAILED DISTRIBUTION;

FLOODS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77957343734     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000152     Document Type: Article

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