Regional flood frequency analysis in New South Wales using Bayesian GLS regression: Comparison of fixed region and region-of-influence approaches

34th IAHR Congress 2011 - Balance and Uncertainty: Water in a Changing World, Incorporating the 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 162-169

  Haddad, K ^a   Rahman, A ^a   Kuczera, G ^b   Micevski, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Rainfall and Runoff; Floods; Parameter regression; Quantile regression; Region of influence; Regional flood frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HYDRAULICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL AND RUNOFFS; PARAMETER REGRESSIONS; QUANTILE REGRESSION; REGION OF INFLUENCES; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84931380975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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