Regional flood frequency for Queensland using the quantile regression technique

Australian Journal of Water Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-58

  Palmen, L B ^a   Weeks, W D ^a  

^a Department of Transport and Main Roads ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; DESIGN FLOOD ESTIMATION; QUANTILE REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; RATIONAL METHODS; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCIES; TOTAL VALUES; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DESIGN; DISCHARGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TESTING METHOD;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 80054698026     PISSN: 13241583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13241583.2011.11465389     Document Type: Article

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