Comprehensive at-site flood frequency analysis using Monte Carlo Bayesian inference

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1551-1557

  Kuczera, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032918166     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900012     Document Type: Article

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