Probability analysis and regional aspects of droughts in southern Germany

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 240, Issue , 1997, Pages 97-104

  Demuth, Siegfried ^a   Külls, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

PARTIAL PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENTS (PPWM);

DROUGHT;

EID: 3342993114     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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