Significance of AIC differences for precipitation intensity distributions

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-464

  Cahill, Anthony T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

MODELING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STATISTICAL CONCEPT;

EID: 0037400163     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(02)00167-7     Document Type: Article

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