Performance of flood frequency pooling analysis in a low CV context;Performances de l'analyse de fréquence de crues regroupées dans un contexte de coefficient de variation faible

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-444

  Das, S ^a   Cunnane, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

low CV hydrology; pooling group; regional flood frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DESIGN FLOOD; DESIGN FLOOD ESTIMATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GROUP-BASED; GROWTH CURVES; HETEROGENEOUS REGION; POOLING GROUP; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIODS; SITE OF INTERESTS;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS;

ESTIMATION;

DESIGN FLOOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GROWTH CURVE; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROLOGY;

EID: 84859610943     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2012.666635     Document Type: Article

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