| Package: |
| hydroApps |
| Type: |
| Package |
| Version: |
| 0.1-1 |
| Date: |
| 2014-05-15 |
| License: |
| GPL (>=2) |
hydroApps package provides functions to use the Extended Burr XII distribution, particularly useful to model flow duration curves, but of general interest. The parameter estimation is performed with the method of L-moments using a set of approximated equations (Ganora and Laio, 2014).
The package provides also an implementation of the SSEM (Spatially Smooth Estimation Method) for Regional Flood Frequency Analysis in the Piemonte region (Northwestern Italy). The model is based on the approach by Laio et al. (2011) calibrated using the most up-to-date database of annual maxima provided in Barbero et al. (2012) for the case study area.
D. Ganora and F. Laio. Hydrological applications of the Burr distribution: a practical method for parameter estimation. Submitted to Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE). F.Laio, D.Ganora, P.Claps, and G.Galeati. Spatially smooth regional estimation of the flood frequency curve (with uncertainty). Journal of Hydrology, 408: 67--77, 2011. doi10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.022.