Detection of outliers in Pearson type III data

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 2-10

  Spencer, Colleen S ^a   McCuen, Richard H ^b  

^a Michael Baker Jr Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CRITICAL DEVIATES; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LOG-PEARSON TYPE III DISTRIBUTION; OUTLIERS;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0029733416     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(1996)1:1(2)     Document Type: Article

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