Tall Tales about Tails of Hydrological Distributions. II
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 5, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper provides a critical examination of some common “theoretically based” approaches to frequency analysis (a general discussion of which appears in Part 1 of the paper) and the myths they have generated about the upper tails of hydrological distributions.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 5 • Issue 3 • July 2000
Pages: 232 - 239
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Received: May 24, 1999
Published online: Jul 1, 2000
Published in print: Jul 2000
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