Statistical distributions for monthly aggregations of precipitation and streamflow in drought indicator applications

Water Resources Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 999-1018

  Svensson, Cecilia ^a   Hannaford, Jamie ^a   Prosdocimi, Ilaria ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drought index; standardized precipitation index; standardized streamflow index; statistical distribution; Tweedie distribution; UK

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; PROBABILITY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

DROUGHT INDICES; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; STANDARDIZED STREAMFLOW INDICES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TWEEDIE DISTRIBUTIONS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CATCHMENT; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84976374879     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016WR019276     Document Type: Article

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