Estimating the flood frequency distribution at seasonal and annual time scales

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4651-4660

  Baratti, E ^a   Montanari, A ^a   Castellarin, A ^a   Salinas, J L ^b   Viglione, A ^b   Bezzi, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Studio Ing G Pietrangeli Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE METHODS; CONSTRUCTION PHASIS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FLOOD FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL;

FLOODS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PEAK FLOW; RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; TIMESCALE;

NILE RIVER;

EID: 84879067302     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-4651-2012     Document Type: Article

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