Outlier detection in multivariate hydrologic data

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 641-646

  Kirk, Adam J ^a   McCuen, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic data; Measurement; Statistics

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; SIGNAL DETECTION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CRITICAL VALUES; DATA SETS; DETECTION METHODS; EXTREME EVENTS; HYDROLOGIC DATA; MEASURED VALUES; MULTIVARIATE DATA; OUTLIER DETECTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; SAMPLE SIZES; UNIVARIATE;

NUMBER THEORY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DETECTION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 45749115349     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2008)13:7(641)     Document Type: Article

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