Estimating quantiles of annual maximum suspended sediment load in the tributaries of the Lower Mekong River

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-76

  Heng, Sokchhay ^a   Suetsugi, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual maximum suspended sediment load; Frequency analysis; Low sampling frequency; Lower Mekong River; Regional regression analysis; Ungauged river

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MEKONG RIVER; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; UNGAUGED RIVERS;

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

WATER RESOURCES;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRIBUTARY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 84877782006     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2013.023     Document Type: Article

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