Uncertainties in flow-Duration-Frequency relationships of high and low flow extremes in Lake Victoria Basin

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1561-1579

  Onyutha, Charles ^a   Willems, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Floods; Flow duration frequency (FDF); High flows; Hydrological extremes; Lake victoria basin; Low flows; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; LAKES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FLOW-DURATION-FREQUENCY (FDF); HIGH FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; LAKE VICTORIA; LOW FLOW;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOW MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA;

EID: 84888809057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5041561     Document Type: Article

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