Analysis of stochastic characteristics of the Benue River flow process

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-151

  Otache, Martins Y ^a   Bakir, Mohammad ^a   Li, Zhijia ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Over realisation; Over time; Seasonality; Skewness; Stationarity; Stochastic; Trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049146182     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-008-0142-0     Document Type: Article

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