Heavy-tailed flood peak distributions: what is the effect of the spatial variability of rainfall and runoff generation?

<p>The statistical distributions of observed flood peaks often show heavy-tailed behaviour, meaning that extreme floods are more likely to occur than for distributions with an exponentially receding tail. Falsely assuming light-tailed behaviour can lead to an underestimation of extreme floods....

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Main Authors: E. Macdonald, B. Merz, V. D. Nguyen, S. Vorogushyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2025-01-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/447/2025/hess-29-447-2025.pdf
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