Nonstationarities in the occurrence rates of flood events in Portuguese watersheds

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 241-254

  Silva, A T ^a   Portela, M M ^a   Naghettini, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAP APPROACH; DAILY RAINFALL; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; EXTREME RAINFALL; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY MODELS; LINE POSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; NEGATIVE PHASE; NON-STATIONARITIES; NONSTATIONARY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PEAK VALUES; POISSON PROCESS; PORTUGAL; RATE ESTIMATOR; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; STATIONARITY; STUDY AREAS; TIME DEPENDENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; WATERSHEDS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA SET; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84856509942     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-241-2012     Document Type: Article

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