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W. Kirby

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11

Publications

945

Citations

10

H-Index

1969

Active since

Affiliations

United States Geological Survey(Current)

W. Kirby is an author at United States Geological Survey specializing in engineering, hydrology, and water resources.

Top concepts

EngineeringHydrologyWater ResourcesCivil EngineeringGeographyStatisticsEarth ScienceFlood Risk ManagementProbabilityHydrological Modeling

Publications per year

1969–2007

11

Publications

11

The Linear Decision Rule in Reservoir Management and Design: 1, Development of the Stochastic Model

Charles ReVelle, Erhard F. Joeres, W. Kirby · Water Resources Research · 1969 · 302 citations

Mathematical Programming, Engineering, Reservoir Engineering +17

User's manual for Program PeakFQ, annual flood-frequency analysis using Bulletin 17B guidelines

Kathleen M. Flynn, W. Kirby, Paul R. Hummel · Techniques and methods · 2006 · 184 citations

Hydrogeology, Flash Flood, Hydrological Disaster +14

Algebraic boundedness of sample statistics

W. Kirby · Water Resources Research · 1974 · 102 citations

Engineering, Estimation Statistic, Lower Bound +12

Computer‐oriented Wilson‐Hilferty transformation that preserves the first three moments and the lower bound of the Pearson type 3 distribution

W. Kirby · Water Resources Research · 1972 · 79 citations

Familiar Wilson‐hilferty Transformation, Hydrological Behaviour, Hydrological Science +13

Linear Decision Rule in Reservoir Management and Design: 2. Performance Optimization

Charles ReVelle, W. Kirby · Water Resources Research · 1970 · 60 citations

Operations Research, Engineering, Water Resources +15

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