Generalized extreme value distribution fitted by LH moments for low-flow frequency analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Hewa, G A ^a   Wang, Q J ^b   McMahon, T A ^c   Nathan, R J ^d   Peel, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE (GEV); MODEL LOW FLOWS;

FLOW OF WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FLOW MODELING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LOW FLOW; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547175258     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR004913     Document Type: Review

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