Regional frequency analysis of extreme precipitation and its spatio-temporal characteristics in the Huai River Basin, China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 195-215

  Du, Hong ^a   Xia, Jun ^a,b   Zeng, Sidong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Extreme rainfall; L moments; Monte Carlo simulation; Regional frequency analysis; The Huai River Basin

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HUAI BASIN;

EID: 84891041605     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0808-6     Document Type: Article

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