Simulation of probability distributions commonly used in hydrological frequency analysis

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-60

  Cheng, Ke Sheng ^a   Chiang, Jie Lun ^a   Hsu, Chieh Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit test; Hydrological frequency analysis; Random number generation; Random variable simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FREQUENCY-FACTOR-BASED METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

HYDROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

EID: 33846366424     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6176     Document Type: Article

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