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Statistical hydrology

summary statistics built from linear combinations of ordered data that describe distribution shape robustly, widely used in flood frequency analysis.

In statistical hydrology, L-moments refers to summary statistics built from linear combinations of ordered data that describe distribution shape robustly, widely used in flood frequency analysis. This meaning comes from Hosking (1990) in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology.[1]

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Recovery means
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References

  1. Hosking, J. R. M. (1990). L-Moments: Analysis and Estimation of Distributions Using Linear Combinations of Order Statistics. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology, 52(1), 105-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2517-6161.1990.tb01775.x

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