Maximum likelihood estimators for coarsely resolved precipitation data

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-27

  Durrans, S Rocky ^a   Pitt, Robert ^a  

^a The University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Estimation; Hydrologic data; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HYDROLOGY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

HYDROLOGIC FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DATA INTERPRETATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING BIAS;

ZEROS;

EID: 1642538318     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2004)9:1(13)     Document Type: Article

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