Regional flood frequency analysis at the global scale

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 539-553

  Smith, Andrew ^a   Sampson, Christopher ^a   Bates, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooding; Large scale modelling; Regional flood frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ERRORS; FLOOD CONTROL; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; OIL WELL FLOODING; RUNOFF;

ANNUAL RAINFALL; DISCHARGE ESTIMATE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GLOBAL COVERAGE; GLOBAL DATABASE; HYBRID CLUSTERING; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

FLOODS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATABASE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL PATTERN;

EID: 85027939479     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015814     Document Type: Article

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