Regional frequency analysis of extreme rainfall events in Jakarta

Natural Hazards

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1075-1104

  Liu, Jiandong ^a   Doan, Chi Dung ^a,b   Liong, Shie Yui ^a,b   Sanders, Richard ^b   Dao, Anh Tuan ^a   Fewtrell, Timothy ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error bound; Jakarta flood; L moments; Multi day intensity duration frequency; Rainfall extremes; Regional frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INDONESIA; JAKARTA;

EID: 85000168633     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1363-5     Document Type: Article

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