Confidence intervals for the coefficient of L-variation in hydrological applications

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2229-2242

  Viglione, A ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAP METHOD; COMPARISON OF METHODS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; FREQUENCY CURVE; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NON-PARAMETRIC; POINT ESTIMATION; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STUDENT-T DISTRIBUTION;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SET; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 78249288471     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-2229-2010     Document Type: Article

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