Regional partial duration series modelling of hydrological droughts in Zimbabwean rivers using a two-component exponential distribution

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 255, 1999, Pages 145-153

  Kjeldsen, Thomas R ^a   Lundorf, Allan ^a   Rosbjerg, Dan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; RIVER WATER; STREAMFLOW;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033375612     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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