Regional Flood Frequency Analysis of Mahi-Sabarmati Basin (Subzone 3-a) using Index Flood Procedure with L-Moments

Water Resources Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Parida, B P ^a   Kachroo, R K ^b   Shrestha, D B ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c Nepal Electricity Authority   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Discordancy measure; L moments; Probability weighted moments; Regional heterogeneity; goodness of fit measure

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; L-MOMENTS;

INDIA, MAHI-SABARMATI BASIN;

EID: 0031846057     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007970800408     Document Type: Article

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