Flood frequency analysis of various dams and barrages in Pakistan

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-128

  Afreen, Shazia ^a   Muhammad, Faqir ^a  

^a ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Gamma; Generalized logistic; Goodness of fit tests; Peak over threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856682963     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.621     Document Type: Article

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