Accuracy assessment of peak discharge models

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-22

  McCuen, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Models; Peak flow; Regression; Statistics; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

JACKNIFFING; PEAK DISCHARGE MODELS; PREDICTION ACCURACY; SPLIT-SAMPLE TESTING;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; PEAK FLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE;

EID: 11944257797     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)1084-0699(2005)10:1(16)     Document Type: Article

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