An elusive search for regional flood frequency estimates in the River Nile basin

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3149-3163

  Nyeko Ogiramoi, P ^a,b   Willems, P ^a   Mutua, F M ^c   Moges, S A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Ministry of Water and Environment   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATIVE HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; ANNUAL MAXIMA; CATCHMENT AREA; EXTREME VALUE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; FLOW DATA; GROWTH CURVES; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; JACK-KNIFING; PEAK FLOWS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REGIONALISATION; RETURN PERIODS; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT; WATER PROFESSIONALS;

FLOODS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; PEAK FLOW; REGIONALIZATION; RIVER FLOW;

NILE BASIN;

EID: 84866139023     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3149-2012     Document Type: Article

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