Trivariate generalized extreme value distribution in flood frequency analysis

Autor: Carlos A. Escalante Sandoval, Jose A. Raynal-Villasenor
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 53:550-567
ISSN: 2150-3435
0262-6667
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.3.550
Popis: The multivariate extension of the logistic model with generalized extreme value (GEV) marginals is applied to provide a regional at-site flood estimate. The maximum likelihood estimators of the parameters were obtained numerically by using a multivariable constrained optimization algorithm. The asymptotic results were checked by distribution sampling techniques in order to establish whether or not those results can be utilized for small samples. A region in northern Mexico with 21 gauging stations was selected to apply the model. Results were compared with those obtained by the most popular univariate distributions, the bivariate approach of the logistic model and three regional methods: station-year, index flood and L-moments. These show that there is a reduction in the standard error of fit when estimating the parameters of the marginal distribution with the trivariate distribution instead of its univariate and bivariate counterpart, and differences between at-site and regional at-site design e...
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