EMA with historical information, low outliers, and regional skew

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008

Volumn 316, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Griffis, Veronica W ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood frequency; History; United States

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; FEDERAL GUIDELINES; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FLOOD QUANTILES; HISTORICAL FLOODS; HISTORICAL INFORMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SKEW INFORMATION; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PROBABILITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 79251529889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40976(316)560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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