Analysis of annual hydrological droughts: The case of northwest Ontario, Canada

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-42

  Panu, U S ^a   Sharma, T C ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drought duration; Drought potential index; Drought prone region; Severity; Theory of runs; Truncation level

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL FLOW; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DROUGHT DURATION; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; INPUT PARAMETER; LAKE SUPERIOR; MANITOBA; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILITY THEORY; REGIONAL VARIATION; RETURN PERIODS; SERIAL CORRELATION; SEVERITY; SEVERITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION APPROACH; STANDARD DEVIATION; THEORY OF RUNS; TIME-SERIES SIMULATION; TRUNCATION LEVEL; TWO PARAMETER;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; PACKET NETWORKS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DROUGHT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SKEWNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 65649130485     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.1.29     Document Type: Article

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