Within this landmark collection of papers, highly respected scientists and engineers from around the world present some of the latest research results in extreme value analyses for floods and droughts. Two approaches that are commonly employed in flood frequency analyses are the maximum annual flood and partial duration series or peak over threshold procedures. Recent theoretical advances as well as illustrative applications are described in detail for each of these approaches. Additionally, droughts and storms are systematically studied using appropriate probabilistic models. A major part of the volume is devoted to frequency analyses and fitting extreme value distributions to hydrological data. Other thought-provoking topics include regionalization techniques, distributed models, entropy and fractal analysis. Audience The book is of interest to researchers, teachers, students and practitioners who wish to place themselves at the leading edge of flood frequency and drought analyses.
Preface Dedication Acknowledgements Part I: Maximum Annual Series Part II: Partial Duration Series Part II: Droughts Part IV: Storms Part V: Frequency Analysis and Fitting Distributions Part VI: Regionalization Techniques and Distributed Models Part VII: Entropy and Fractal Analysis Author Index Subject Index