Assessment of flood frequency after forest fires in small ungauged basins based on uncertain measurements

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-72

  Nalbantis, Ioannis ^a   Lymperopoulos, Spiridon ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attica, Greece; derived distribution approach; flood frequency; forest fires; generalized extreme value distribution; Latin Hypercube sampling; Monte Carlo simulation; rational method; SCS CN method; Torrent Giannoula; uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ATTICA, GREECE; DERIVED DISTRIBUTION APPROACH; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FOREST FIRES; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RATIONAL METHODS; SCS-CN METHOD; TORRENT GIANNOULA;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; FLOODS; INFILTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN; WATER LEVELS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FOREST FIRE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

DEFORESTATION; FLOODS; FOREST FIRES; GREECE; INFILTRATION; RAIN; RIVERS; SIMULATION;

ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84856908312     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.637041     Document Type: Article

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