Journal article
Regional frequency analysis methods for evaluating changes in hydrologic extremes
Water resources research, Vol.34(4), pp.741-750
1998
DOI: 10.1029/98WR00096
Abstract
A common assumption in frequency analysis is that hydrologic extremes (floods or heavy precipitation) are generated by a random process. This implies that natural climatic variability does not change the distribution of extreme events. A regional frequency analysis approach is proposed to test the hypothesis of randomness over secular timescales. Observed regional occurrences of extreme events are compared to those from a random process. Significant departures may indicate nonrandomness due to climatic variability. Application of the approach to a region in the Southern Plains indicates nonrandomness in annual maximum precipitation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Regional frequency analysis methods for evaluating changes in hydrologic extremes
- Creators
- A. Allen Bradley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Water resources research, Vol.34(4), pp.741-750
- DOI
- 10.1029/98WR00096
- ISSN
- 0043-1397
- eISSN
- 1944-7973
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1998
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9983991980102771
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