Technical Note: The normal quantile transformation and its application in a flood forecasting system

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1085-1094

  Bogner, K ^a   Pappenberger, F ^b   Cloke, H L ^b,c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME VALUE ANALYSIS; FLOOD FORECASTING; GAUSSIANS; GEO-STATISTICS; META-GAUSSIAN MODEL; NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION DATA; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; TECHNICAL NOTES;

FLOODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

FLOOD FORECASTING; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; META-ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859317568     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-1085-2012     Document Type: Article

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