Analysis of rainfall extremes in the Ngong River Basin of Kenya: Towards integrated urban flood risk management
Benard Juma, Luke Olang, Mohammed Hassan, Stanley Chasia, Vera Bukachi, Paul M. Shiundu, Joe Mulligan
Topics & Concepts
Gumbel distributionGeneralized extreme value distributionFlood mythReturn period100-year floodEnvironmental scienceExtreme value theoryHydrology (agriculture)Flooding (psychology)Drainage basinClimatologyGeographyStatisticsMathematicsCartographyGeologyGeotechnical engineeringPsychologyArchaeologyPsychotherapistFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementHydrology and Drought AnalysisPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis