Estimating trends in data from the Weibull and a generalized extreme value distribution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 25-1-25-10

  Clarke, Robin T ^a  

^a Instituto de Pesquisas Hidraulicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GEV; GLM; Trends; Weibull

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

HYDROLOGICAL DATA;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND USE CHANGE; WEIBULL THEORY;

BRAZIL; PARAGUAY RIVER;

CACERES;

EID: 0036592396     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000575     Document Type: Article

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