Large scale modelling of bankfull flow: An example for Europe

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 408, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 235-245

  Schneider, Christof ^a   Flörke, Martina ^a   Eisner, Stephanie ^a   Voss, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bankfull flow; Flood frequency analysis; Large scale modelling; Partial duration series; WATCH forcing climate data; WaterGAP

Indexed keywords

BANKFULL FLOW; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LARGE SCALE MODELLING; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES; WATERGAP;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; THRESHOLD; WATER FLOW;

EUROPE;

EID: 80052943907     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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