Citation

Ashkar F, El-Jabi N, Sarraf S. Nat. Hazards 1991; 4(4): 373-388.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00126645

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We describe and give hydrological applications of a probabilistic model based on extreme value theory which can be used to study the values of a hydrologic process that exceed a certain threshold level Q B.This model is useful in estimating extreme events X T of return period T based on N years of available hydrologic record. We also present easy-to-use tables which give confidence intervals for X T.The hydrologic applications reported are a flood frequency analysis, a methodology for estimating flood damage, an estimation of precipitation probabilities, and a prediction of extreme tide levels.

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