Comparisons of two moments-based estimators that utilize historical and paleoflood data for the log Pearson type III distribution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  England Jr , John F ^a   Salas, José D ^b   Jarrett, Robert D ^c  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^b Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Frequency analysis; Historical floods; Paleohydrology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

HISTORICAL ANALYSIS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE;

EID: 1542757340     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001791     Document Type: Article

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