Drought analysis of monthly hydrological sequences: A case study of Canadian rivers

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 503-518

  Sharma, T C ^a   Panu, U S ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drought conditional probability; Drought probability; Largest severity; Longest drought duration; Markovian gamma model; Monthly flows; Standardized severity; Theory of runs

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; DROUGHT ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RIVER FLOW; STOCHASTICITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 45449085491     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.3.503     Document Type: Article

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