A Bayesian hierarchical approach to regional frequency analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Renard, B ^a  

^a CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; COVARIATES; DAILY RAINFALL; ELLIPTICAL COPULA; GAUSSIANS; HIERARCHICAL APPROACH; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER VALUES; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL LEVELS; REGRESSION ERRORS; REGRESSION MODEL; SECOND LEVEL; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL FIELDS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TIME VARIABILITY;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DIURNAL VARIATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 81155138235     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010089     Document Type: Article

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