BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   FEASIBILITY OF ESTIMATING GENERALIZED EXTREME-VALUE DISTRIBUTION OF FLOODS   Manoel Moisés Ferreira de Queiroz Western Paraná State University (UNIOESTE), Cascavel, PR, BRAZIL mfqueiroz@unioeste.br Flood frequency analysis by generalized extreme-value probability distribution (GEV) has found increased application in recent years, given its flexibility in dealing with the […]

  BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   ON THE FLOOD FORECASTING AT THE BULGARIAN PART OF STRUMA RIVER BASIN   Dobri Dimitrov National Institute of Meteorology & Hydrology 66 Tzarigradsko Shose bul. 1784 Sofia, BULGARIA Dobri.Dimitrov@meteo.bg Struma is a mountain river flowing from North to South, from Bulgaria through Greece up to the […]

  BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   A PARTITIONING METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS IN REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS   Bhagabat Prasad Parida University of Botswana, Private Bag UB 00704, Gaborone, BOTSWANA paridab@mopipi.ub.bw Flood has been one of the world’s greatest disasters with the highest public profile. Even in spite of extensive […]

  BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   DROUGHT PERIODS DURING XXTH CENTURY   Ekaterina Koleva, Vesselin Alexandrov, Nikola Slavov National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology Tzarigradsko shosse, 66 Sofia, BULGARIA Ekaterina.Koleva@meteo.bg The drought problem always exists somewhere in the world so that the economy of some nation or nations is always being adversely […]

  BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   FLOOD POTENTIAL IN ALBANIA   Agim Selenica Institute of Hydrometeorlogy of Albania, Rr. Durresit 219, Tirana, ALBANIA a.selenica@voila.fr The most important floods in the rivers of Albania are caused mainly from the intensive rainfall during the period December- March. Occasionally snowmelt have some contribution on flood […]