Efficiency of gumbel analyses for determining extreme daily precipitation in Switzerland. Gumbel analyses were carried out on rainfall time-series at 151 locations in Switzerland for 4 different periods of 30 years in order to estimate daily extreme precipitation for a return period of 100 years. Those estimations were compared with maximal daily values measured during the last 100 years (1911-2010) to test the efficiency of these analyses. This comparison shows that these analyses provide good results for 50 to 60% locations in this country from rainfall time-series 1961-1990 and 1980-2010. On the other hand, daily precipitation with a return period of 100 years is underestimated at most locations from time-series 1931-1960 and especially 1911-1940. Such underestimation results from the increase of maximal daily precipitation recorded from 1911 to 2010 at 90% locations in Switzerland.

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J.M. FALLOT,.EFFICIENCY OF GUMBEL ANALYSES FOR DETERMINING EXTREME DAILY PRECIPITATION IN SWITZERLAND. 2012 (),.

J.M. FALLOT,"EFFICIENCY OF GUMBEL ANALYSES FOR DETERMINING EXTREME DAILY PRECIPITATION IN SWITZERLAND" 2012

J.M. FALLOT,"EFFICIENCY OF GUMBEL ANALYSES FOR DETERMINING EXTREME DAILY PRECIPITATION IN SWITZERLAND"