Analysis of extreme hydrological events using GEV distribution and LH moments;Análise de eventos hidrológicos extremos, usando-se a distribuição GEV e momentos LH

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 381-389

  De Queiroz, Manoel M F ^a   Chaudhry, Fazal H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Estimation; Extreme events; Frequency analysis; Hypothesis testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750304428     PISSN: 14154366     EISSN: 18071929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-43662006000200020     Document Type: Article

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