Regional parent flood frequency distributions in Europe - Part 2: Climate and scale controls

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4391-4401

  Salinas, J L ^a   Castellarin, A ^b   Kohnova S ^c   Kjeldsen, T R ^d  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Faculty of Civil Engineering   (Slovakia)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; FLOODS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANNUAL MAXIMUM SERIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; PARAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCIES; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 84908689536     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-4391-2014     Document Type: Article

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