Examining Flood Frequency Distributions in the Midwest U.S.

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-463

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a   Smith, James A ^a   Baeck, Mary Lynn ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme value statistics; Flooding; Land use land cover change; Mixture distribution; Stationarity; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; FLOODING; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; MIXTURE DISTRIBUTION; STATIONARITY;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RAIN; TIME SERIES; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PEAK DISCHARGE; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952460155     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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