Probabilities and return periods of multisite droughts

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 605-615

  Bayazit, M ^a   Onoz B ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Multisite droughts; Probability distribution; Return period

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOMETRY; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY;

FIRST ORDER MARKOV PROCESS; GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; MULTISITE DROUGHTS; THRESHOLD PROBABILITY;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 23044460469     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.2005.50.4.605     Document Type: Article

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