Uncertainties in assessing hydrological drought using streamflow drought index for the upper Yangtze River basin

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1235-1247

  Hong, Xingjun ^a   Guo, Shenglian ^a   Zhou, Yanlai ^a   Xiong, Lihua ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bootstrap method; Hydrological drought; Sampling uncertainty; Streamflow drought index

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

BOOTSTRAP METHOD; DROUGHT INDICES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; INTERVAL ESTIMATORS; SAMPLING UNCERTAINTIES; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENTS; YICHANG HYDROLOGICAL STATION;

DROUGHT;

BOOTSTRAPPING; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84928485468     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-014-0949-5     Document Type: Article

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