Using higher probability weighted moments for flood frequency analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 95-106

  Wang, Q J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY;

EXTRAPOLATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENTS (PWM);

FLOODS;

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION-MONTE CARLO;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; MONTE CARLO MODEL; PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENTS; RETURN PERIOD;

EID: 0031194169     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03223-4     Document Type: Article

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