Flood quantiles estimation based on theoretically derived distributions: Regional analysis in Southern Italy

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 673-695

  Iacobellis, V ^a   Gioia, A ^a   Manfreda, S ^b   Fiorentino, M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; PROBABILITY; RIVER BASIN; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ITALY;

EID: 79952475853     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-673-2011     Document Type: Article

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