Origin and variability of statistical dependencies between peak, volume, and duration of rainfall-driven flood events

Abstract Floods are among the most common and impactful natural events. The hazard of a flood event depends on its peak (Q), volume (V) and duration (D), which are interconnected to each other. Here, we used a worldwide dataset of daily discharge, two statistics (Kendall’s tau and Spearman’s rho) an...

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Main Authors: L. Rahimi, C. Deidda, C. De Michele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84664-1