A data-based comparison of flood frequency analysis methods used in France

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 295-308

  Kochanek, K ^a   Renard, B ^b   Arnaud, P ^c   Aubert, Y ^c   Lang, M ^b   Cipriani, T ^b   Sauquet, E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

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EID: 84894550992     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-295-2014     Document Type: Article

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