Influence of infiltration and soil storage capacity on the skewness of the annual maximum flood peaks in a theoretically derived distribution

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 937-951

  Gioia, A ^a   Iacobellis, V ^a   Manfreda, S ^b   Fiorentino, M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; INFILTRATION; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FLOOD PREDICTION; INFILTRATION RATE; PHYSICAL FACTORS; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SKEWNESS COEFFICIENTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKEWNESS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 84865761277     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-937-2012     Document Type: Article

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