Flood frequency analysis of southern Africa: II. Identification of regional distributions;Analyse frequentielle des crues en Afrique australe, II Identification des distributions régionales

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 449-464

  Mkhandi, S H ^a   Kachroo, R K ^a   Gunasekara, T A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PROBABILITY;

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

EID: 0034210315     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626660009492341     Document Type: Article

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