Analytical confidence intervals for index flow flow duration curves

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Serinaldi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FLOW DURATION CURVE; FRACTIONAL ORDER; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; NON-PARAMETRIC; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS; ORDER STATISTICS; SAMPLE SIZES; SEMIPARAMETRIC;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 79952203600     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009408     Document Type: Article

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