TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Study of hydrological phenomena by extreme value theory
JO  - Natural hazards
A1  - Ashkar, Fahim
A1  - El-Jabi, Nassir
A1  - Sarraf, Semaan
SP  - 373
EP  - 388
VL  - 4
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0921-030X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00126645
ID  - ref1
ER  -