A generalized Grubbs-Beck test statistic for detecting multiple potentially influential low outliers in flood series

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5047-5058

  Cohn, T A ^a,b   England, J F ^b   Berenbrock, C E ^a   Mason, R R ^a   Stedinger, J R ^c   Lamontagne, J R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulletin 17B; flood frequency analysis; Grubbs Beck test; outliers; significance test

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS;

BULLETIN 17B; FEDERAL GUIDELINES; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; OUTLIERS; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TEST STATISTICS;

FLOODS;

ALGORITHM; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LOW FLOW; OUTLIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885153769     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20392     Document Type: Article

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