Log-pearson type 3 distribution and its application in flood frequency analysis. III: Sample skew and weighted skew estimators

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-130

  Griffis, V W ^a   Stedinger, J R ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Floods; Frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRAIN ENERGY;

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO EXPERIMENTS; QUANTILE ESTIMATORS; SKEW ESTIMATION; SQUARE ERRORS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SKEWNESS;

EID: 58549116730     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2009)14:2(121)     Document Type: Article

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