Generalized flood skew: Map versus watershed skew

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 293-299

  McCuen, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; MAPS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

MAP SKEW;

FLOODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; MAPPING; SKEWNESS;

EID: 0035396765     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2001)6:4(293)     Document Type: Article

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