Uncertainty analysis of SPI calculation and drought assessment based on the application of Bootstrap

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1847-1857

  Hu, Yi Ming ^a   Liang, Zhong Min ^a   Liu, Yong Wei ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Yao, Lei ^a   Ning, Yawei ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bootstrap method; Drought assessment; Probability distribution function; Standardized Precipitation Index; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DROUGHT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STREAM FLOW;

BOOTSTRAP METHOD; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITIES; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING UNCERTAINTIES; STANDARD NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84939463622     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4091     Document Type: Article

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