Bayesian GLS analysis of California regional skew

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2422-2431

  Veilleux, Andrea G ^a   Stedinger, Jery R ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; California; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-CORRELATIONS; DATA SETS; GENERALIZED LEAST SQUARE; HISTORICAL INFORMATION; MODEL ERRORS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; PEAK FLOWS; REGIONAL MODEL; SKEWNESS COEFFICIENTS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HYDROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 77954989911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41114(371)249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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