Probability of extreme hydrometeorological events - a different approach

Klemes, V

dc.contributor.author	Klemes, V	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:54:24Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:54:24Z
dc.date.issued	1993	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/36861
dc.subject	Extreme hydrological events	en
dc.subject	Floods	en
dc.subject	Droughts	en
dc.subject.classification	Hydrology	en
dc.subject.classification	Hydrometeorology	en
dc.title	Probability of extreme hydrometeorological events - a different approach	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	1993	en
heal.abstract	A criticism of the standard approach to frequency analysis is presented and a different rationale is proposed based on treating the variable of interest as a compound event and synthesizing its distribution function by enumerating all physically plausible combinations of its major components for which data are available. Since only the order of magnitude of the probabilities of the extreme events is aimed for, the fine points of small sample theory, in which the standgleard approach is entand, become spurious while more room is made available for explicit consideration of the physical processes involved. The approach is illustrated by an example using data on annual maxima of daily precipitation from the coastal region of British Columbia.	en
heal.journalName	Extreme Hydrological Events: Precipitation, Floods and Droughts	en