Inclusion of historical information in flood frequency analysis using a Bayesian MCMC technique: A case study for the power dam orlík, Czech Republic

Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-147

  Gaál, Ladislav ^a   Szolgay, Ján ^a   Kohnová, Silvia ^a   Hlavčová, Kamila ^a   Viglione, Alberto ^b  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Confidence intervals; Flood frequency analysis; Historical floods; Likelihood function; Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PEAK DISCHARGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CZECH REPUBLIC; ORLIK RESERVOIR;

EID: 77957661743     PISSN: 13352806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10126-010-0005-5     Document Type: Article

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