Effects of disregarding seasonality on the distribution of hydrological extremes

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3207-3215

  Allamano, P ^a   Laio, F ^a   Claps, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; DESIGN VALUE; EXTREME VALUE; GENERATION PROCESS; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; HYDROCLIMATIC; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PEAK OVER THRESHOLD; RAINFALL DATA; RETURN PERIODS; SEASONALITY; SIMPLE STOCHASTIC; STATISTICAL MEASURES;

DESIGN;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; THRESHOLD; TYPOLOGY;

ITALY;

EID: 80054924625     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3207-2011     Document Type: Article

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