Regional frequency analysis of rainfall extremes in Southern Malawi using the index rainfall and L-moments approaches

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 939-955

  Ngongondo, Cosmo S ^a,b   Xu, Chong Yu ^a,d   Tallaksen, Lena M ^a   Alemaw, Berhanu ^c   Chirwa, Tobias ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Index rainfall; L moments; Malawi; Regional frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ANNUAL MAXIMA; DATA AVAILABILITY; DISASTER PLANNING; ENGINEERING DESIGN; EXTREME EVENTS; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD MITIGATION; INDEX RAINFALL; KAPPA DISTRIBUTION; L-MOMENTS; LARGE PARTS; LOSS OF LIFE; MALAWI; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RAINFALL EXTREMES; RAINFALL SERIES; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SAMPLE DATA; SPATIAL SCALE;

AVAILABILITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PREVENTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

RAIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; REGIONALIZATION;

MALAWI;

EID: 80051789516     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-011-0480-x     Document Type: Article

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