Depth-based regional index-flood model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7957-7972

  Wazneh, H ^a   Chebana, F ^a   Ouarda, T B M J ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; CROSS CORRELATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DEPTH FUNCTIONS; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

FLOODS;

ALGORITHM; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; GROWTH CURVE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INDEX METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84896713534     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013523     Document Type: Article

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