Comparison between the peaks-over-threshold method and the annual maximum method for flood frequency analysis;Comparaison entre les méthodes de dépassement de seuil et du maximum annuel pour les analyses de fréquence des crues

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 959-977

  Bezak, Nejc ^a   Brilly, Mitja ^a   Šraj, Mojca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

annual maximum series; flood frequency analysis; maximum likelihood; method of L moments; peaks over threshold method; threshold selection

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RAIN;

ANNUAL MAXIMUM SERIES; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; METHOD OF L-MOMENTS; PEAKS-OVER-THRESHOLD METHOD; THRESHOLD SELECTION;

FLOODS;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PEAK FLOW; THRESHOLD;

SAVA RIVER; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84902537274     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.831174     Document Type: Article

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