On the distributions of seasonal river flows: Lognormal or power law?

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Bowers, M C ^a   Tung, W W ^a   Gao, J B ^b,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wright State University   (United States)

^c PMB Intelligence LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; DRY SEASONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; EXTREME EVENTS; HEAVY-TAILED; LOG-NORMAL; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MULTIFRACTAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLICATIVE MULTIFRACTAL MODEL; OPTIMAL DESIGN; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER FLOW TIME SERIES; SEASONALITY; WATER STORAGE; WET SEASON;

DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; FRACTALS; TIME SERIES; WATER SUPPLY;

STREAM FLOW;

DATA SET; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; POWER LAW; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES; TURBULENCE; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84861412658     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011308     Document Type: Article

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