Analyses of seasonal and annual maximum daily discharge records for central Europe

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 399, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 299-312

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a,b   Smith, James A ^a   Serinaldi, Francesco ^c   Ntelekos, Alexandros A ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Climate change; Extreme value statistics; Flood; Stationarity

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; ANNUAL MAXIMA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; CATCHMENT AREA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHANGE-POINTS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DAILY DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE AREA; EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD PEAK; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEAVY-TAILS; LOCATION AND SCALE PARAMETERS; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MONOTONIC TREND; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; NON-STATIONARITIES; PETTITT TEST; POWER LAW BEHAVIOUR; RIVER TRAINING; SCALING PROPERTIES; SEASONALITY; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SLOVAKIA; STATIONARITY; STEP CHANGES; SWITZERLAND;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RAIN; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; RESERVOIR; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 79952003413     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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