Plotting positions via maximum-likelihood for a non-standard situation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 357-366

  Jones, D A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0344849576     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-1-357-1997     Document Type: Article

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