Regional flood frequency analysis using L-moments for North Karoon basin, Iran
L-moment theory is increasingly being used in hydrology of floods for regional frequency analysis. The L-moments have been used for parameter estimation, homogeneity testing and selection of the regional distribution. Records of peak floods, observed in North-Karoon basin, are analyzed using five di...
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| author | Borujeni, Sattar Chavoshi Sulaiman, Wan Nor Azmin Eslamian, Saeid |
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| description | L-moment theory is increasingly being used in hydrology of floods for regional frequency analysis. The L-moments have been used for parameter estimation, homogeneity testing and selection of the regional distribution. Records of peak floods, observed in North-Karoon basin, are analyzed using five distributions: generalized logistic, generalized extreme value, lognormal, Pearson type III and generalized Pareto. Each of these three-parameters distributions are estimated by the L-moment method. The discordancy index and homogeneity testing show that 5 out of the 7 study sites belong to a homogenous region. Based on the L-moment ratios diagram and the goodness-of-fit measure, the three-parameter lognormal distribution is identified as the most appropriate distribution in the homogeneous study region. The regional peak flood estimates for each return period are obtained based on this distribution. |
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| spelling | upm-164742015-09-25T01:50:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16474/ Regional flood frequency analysis using L-moments for North Karoon basin, Iran Borujeni, Sattar Chavoshi Sulaiman, Wan Nor Azmin Eslamian, Saeid L-moment theory is increasingly being used in hydrology of floods for regional frequency analysis. The L-moments have been used for parameter estimation, homogeneity testing and selection of the regional distribution. Records of peak floods, observed in North-Karoon basin, are analyzed using five distributions: generalized logistic, generalized extreme value, lognormal, Pearson type III and generalized Pareto. Each of these three-parameters distributions are estimated by the L-moment method. The discordancy index and homogeneity testing show that 5 out of the 7 study sites belong to a homogenous region. Based on the L-moment ratios diagram and the goodness-of-fit measure, the three-parameter lognormal distribution is identified as the most appropriate distribution in the homogeneous study region. The regional peak flood estimates for each return period are obtained based on this distribution. Serials Publications 2010 Article PeerReviewed Borujeni, Sattar Chavoshi and Sulaiman, Wan Nor Azmin and Eslamian, Saeid (2010) Regional flood frequency analysis using L-moments for North Karoon basin, Iran. Journal of Flood Engineering, 1 (1). pp. 67-76. ISSN 0976-6219 |
| spellingShingle | Borujeni, Sattar Chavoshi Sulaiman, Wan Nor Azmin Eslamian, Saeid Regional flood frequency analysis using L-moments for North Karoon basin, Iran |
| title | Regional flood frequency analysis using L-moments for North Karoon basin, Iran |
| title_full | Regional flood frequency analysis using L-moments for North Karoon basin, Iran |
| title_fullStr | Regional flood frequency analysis using L-moments for North Karoon basin, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional flood frequency analysis using L-moments for North Karoon basin, Iran |
| title_short | Regional flood frequency analysis using L-moments for North Karoon basin, Iran |
| title_sort | regional flood frequency analysis using l-moments for north karoon basin, iran |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16474/ |