Assessment of extreme flood characteristics based on a dynamic-stochastic model of runoff generation and the probable maximum discharge

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-127

  Kuchment, L S ^a   Gelfan, A N ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrological model; Flood risk; Probable maximum flood; Stochastic weather generator

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; HYDROGRAPH; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOWMELT; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VYATKA BASIN;

EID: 79956146728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2011.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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