Data-based comparison of frequency analysis methods: A general framework

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 825-843

  Renard, B ^a   Kochanek, K ^a,b   Lang, M ^a   Garavaglia, F ^c   Paquet, E ^c   Neppel, L ^d   Najib, K ^d   Carreau, J ^d   Arnaud, P ^e   Aubert, Y ^e   Borchi, F ^f   Soubeyroux, J M ^f   Jourdain, S ^f   Veysseire, J M ^f   Sauquet, E ^a   Cipriani, T ^a   Auffray, A ^f  

^a CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c EDF R AND D   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REACTOR CORES; RELIABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; PREDICTIVE DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY AND STABILITY; STATISTICAL TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAUGE; MODEL VALIDATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

EID: 84876543642     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20087     Document Type: Article

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