Nonstationarities in the occurrence rates of flood events in Portuguese watersheds

An exploratory analysis on the variability of flood occurrence rates in 10 Portuguese watersheds is made, to ascertain if that variability is concurrent with the principle of stationarity. A peaks-over-threshold (POT) sampling technique is applied to 10 long series of mean daily streamflows and to 4...

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Main Authors: A. T. Silva, M. M. Portela, M. Naghettini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/241/2012/hess-16-241-2012.pdf