A comparison of homogeneity tests for regional frequency analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Viglione, A ^a   Laio, F ^a   Claps, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

HOMOGENEITY TESTS; PARENT DISTRIBUTIONS; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SKEWNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MONACO; MONTE CARLO; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247551670     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005095     Document Type: Article

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