An appraisal of the "region of influence" approach to flood frequency analysis

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  • DONALD H. BURN
  • Donald H. Burn
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Regional flood frequency entails the pooling of data from sites within a defined region to enhance the estimation of at-site quantiles. Conventional regionalization techniques normally identify a feed set of stations forming a contiguous region. An approach to regional flood frequency analysis that involves each site having a potentially different set of stations included for the at-site estimation of extremes was compared with a more traditional regionalization technique. The characteristics of the stations identified as being of relevance for the purposes of at-site estimation using the two approaches were contrasted and also the extreme flow values obtained were compared. The results indicated that the region of influence approach results in a group of stations with greater homogeneity than was the case for the regionalization technique and also leads to extreme flow estimates which are more accurate. Une évaluation de la méthode "d'influence régionale" pour l'analyse des fréquences de crues Résumé L'analyse régionale de fréquence des crues nécessite le regroupement de données provenant de sites pris dans une région définie pour améliorer l'estimation des quantiles pour le site intéressé. Normalement, les techniques conventionelles de régionalisation identifient un nombre fixe de stations formant une région définie. Une méthode d'analyse régionale de fréquence des crues qui implique chaque site ayant potentiellement un nombre différent de stations utilisées pour l'estimation des extrêmes pour le site intéressé a été comparée à une technique de régionalisation plus traditionelle. Les caractéristiques des stations identifiées comme étant valables pour l'estimation au site intéressé en utilisant les deux méthodes ont été contrastées, et également les valeurs extrêmes de débit obtenues on été comparées. Les résultats indiquent que la méthode d'influence régionale donne un groupe de stations plus homogène que dans le cas de la technique de régionalisation, et abouti aussi à des estimations de débits extrêmes plus précises.

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تاریخ انتشار 2007