A bimodal model for the high values of a river flow

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 473-477

  Lefebvre, Mario ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivariate exponential; Goodness of fit; Hydrological forecasting; Linear regression; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; RIVER FLOW;

RIVERS;

FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW;

EID: 3843126592     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l04-007     Document Type: Article

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