Analytical procedures for weekly hydrological droughts: A case of Canadian rivers;Procédures d'analyse de sécheresses hydrologiques hebdomadaires: Le cas de rivières Canadiennes

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-92

  Sharma, T C ^a   Panu, U S ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditional probabilities; Markov chain; Standardized hydrological index; Weekly flow

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES; ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; AUTO-REGRESSIVE; AUTOCORRELATED; AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE; CLOSED-FORM EQUATIONS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; EXPECTED VALUES; FIRST-ORDER; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION; MARKOV CHAIN; MARKOV CHAIN MODELS; MARKOVIAN; RANDOM NUMBERS; RETURN PERIODS; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS; SECOND ORDERS; SERIAL CORRELATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARDIZED HYDROLOGICAL INDEX; TIME-PERIODS; WEEKLY FLOW;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DROUGHT; MARKOV PROCESSES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

AUTOCORRELATION; DROUGHT; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RIVER FLOW;

CANADA;

EID: 78649747518     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626660903526318     Document Type: Article

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