Regional Frequency Analysis of Extreme Rainfalls in the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia using Partial L-Moments

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4417-4433

  Zakaria, Zahrahtul Amani ^a,b   Shabri, Ani ^b   Ahmad, Ummi Nadiah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Frequency analysis; L moments; Partial L moments; Regional homogeneity

Indexed keywords

EXTREME RAINFALL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY ANALYSIS; L-MOMENTS; MALAYSIA; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL HOMOGENEITY; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; WEST COAST;

CATCHMENTS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CATCHMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; RAINFALL;

MALAYSIA; SELANGOR; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84868213242     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0152-8     Document Type: Article

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