1. Ph.D. Candidate, Hydro-Québec/NSERC Chair in Statistical Hydrology, Canada Research Chair on the Estimation of Hydrological Variables, INRS-ETE, Univ. of Quebec, 490, de la Couronne, Québec, Canada G1K 9A9.
2. Hydraulic Engineering, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Coast Guard, 101, boul. Champlain, Québec, Canada G1K 7Y7.
3. Professor, Hydro-Québec/NSERC Chair in Statistical Hydrology, Canada Research Chair on the Estimation of Hydrological Variables, INRS-ETE, Univ. of Quebec, 490, de la Couronne, Québec, Canada G1K 9A9.
4. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur Office A113, Ottawa (Ontario), Canada K1N 6N5.