Comparison of ordinary and generalis ed least squares regression models in regional flood frequency analysis: A case study for New South Wales

Australian Journal of Water Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-70

  Haddad, K ^a   Rahman, A ^a   Kuczera, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL AND RUNOFFS; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; QUANTILE REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGRESSION EQUATION; VALIDATION APPROACH;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; FLOOD FREQUENCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 80054712011     PISSN: 13241583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13241583.2011.11465390     Document Type: Article

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