Effects of measurement frequency on water-level summary statistics

Wetlands

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 148-161

  Shaffer, Paul W ^a   Cole, C Andrew ^b   Kentula, Mary E ^c   Brooks, Robert P ^b  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

14 day exceedance; Freshwater wetlands; Measurement interval; Monthly mean water level; Sampling design; Water level summary statistics

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GEOSTATISTICS; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

EID: 0034008236     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2000)020[0148:EOMFOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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