Regional flood frequency analyses involving extraordinary flood events at ungauged sites: Further developments and validations

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 508, Issue , 2014, Pages 385-396

  Nguyen, C C ^a,b   Gaume, E ^a   Payrastre, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b Danang university   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Extremes; Floods; GEV; Regional analysis; Statistics

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGIONAL PLANNING; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EXTREMES; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEV; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCIES; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SIMULTANEOUS CALIBRATION; STATISTICAL INFERENCE;

FLOODS;

CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888870056     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.09.058     Document Type: Article

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