%0 Journal Article %1 Cunnane1973 %A Cunnane, C. %D 1973 %J Journal of Hydrology %K %N 3-4 %P 257-271 %T A particular comparison of annual maxima and partial duration series methods of flood frequency prediction %U /brokenurl#10.1016/0022-1694(73)90051-6, %V 18 %X A method for comparing the statistical efficiency of the estimate of the T year flood Q (T) by two different methods is described. On the basis of commonly used assumptions it is shown that for return periods greater than about T = 10 years the annual exceedance series estimate of Q (T) has larger sampling variance than the annual maxima series estimate. It is shown that for the same range of return periods the partial duration series estimate of Q (T) has smaller sampling variance than the annual maxima series estimate only if the partial duration series contains at least 1.65 N items, where N is the number of years of record.

@article{Cunnane1973, abstract = {A method for comparing the statistical efficiency of the estimate of the T year flood Q (T) by two different methods is described. On the basis of commonly used assumptions it is shown that for return periods greater than about T = 10 years the annual exceedance series estimate of Q (T) has larger sampling variance than the annual maxima series estimate. It is shown that for the same range of return periods the partial duration series estimate of Q (T) has smaller sampling variance than the annual maxima series estimate only if the partial duration series contains at least 1.65 N items, where N is the number of years of record.}, added-at = {2012-06-22T13:24:19.000+0200}, author = {Cunnane, C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26c327a56b448db83f6940aaf9f81058a/marsianus}, interhash = {6689e6dd6404d62ea97630bb73d56d72}, intrahash = {6c327a56b448db83f6940aaf9f81058a}, journal = {Journal of Hydrology}, keywords = {}, number = {3-4}, pages = {257-271}, timestamp = {2012-06-22T13:24:19.000+0200}, title = {A particular comparison of annual maxima and partial duration series methods of flood frequency prediction}, url = {/brokenurl#10.1016/0022-1694(73)90051-6,}, volume = 18, year = 1973 }