Assessment of design rainfall uncertainty for hydrologic engineering applications in Hong Kong

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 583-592

  Tung, Yeou koung ^a   Wong, Chi leung ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

Author keywords

Design rainfall; Rainfall IDF; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; RAIN; STORMS;

ANNUAL MAXIMUM RAINFALLS; BOOTSTRAP RESAMPLING; DESIGN RAINFALLS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; RAINFALL INTENSITY DURATION FREQUENCY; STORMWATER DRAINAGE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; DESIGN; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; RAINFALL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84892892170     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0774-2     Document Type: Article

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