Authors: Lilienthal, Jona
Fried, Roland
Schumann, Andreas H.
Title: Homogeneity testing for skewed and cross-correlated data in regional flood frequency analysis
Language (ISO): en
Abstract: In regional frequency analysis the homogeneity of a group of multiple stations is an essential pre-assumption. A standard procedure in hydrology to evaluate this condition is the test based on the homogeneity measure of Hosking and Wallis, which applies L-moments. Disadvantages of it are the lack of power when analysing highly skewed data and the implicit assumption of spatial independence. To face these issues we generalize this procedure in two ways. Copulas are utilised to model intersite dependence and trimmed L-moments as a more robust alternative to ordinary L-moments. The results of simulation studies are presented to discuss the influence of different copula models and different trimming parameters. It turns out that the usage of asymmetrically trimmed L-moments improves the heterogeneity detection in skewed data, while maintaining a reasonable error rate. Simple copula models are sufficient to incorporate the dependence structure of the data in the procedure. Additionally, a more robust behaviour against extreme events at single stations is achieved with the use of trimmed L-moments. Strong intersite dependence and skewed data reveal the need of a modified procedure in a case study with data from Saxony, Germany.
Subject Headings: homogeneity test
copulas
TL-moments
regional flood frequency analysis
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2003/34894
http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-16942
Issue Date: 2016
Appears in Collections:Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 823

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