| Title | On the distributions of seasonal river flows: Lognormal or power law? |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Authors | Bowers, M. C., W. W. Tung, and J. B. Gao |
| Secondary Title | Water Resources Research |
| Volume | 48 |
| Number | 5 |
| Pagination | 12 p. |
| Date Published | 2012 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | climate, coastal hazards, flooding, hydrology, precipitation, statistical analyses, Umpqua River |
| Notes | This highly technical article compares the Umpqua River with eight other rivers across the United States. The authors paid particular attention to two periods of climate extremes: the wet season and the dry season and found that different analytical approaches worked best to describe each season. Online Open Access article no. W05536. |
| URL | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2011WR011308 |
| DOI | 10.1029/2011WR011308 |
