Lmoms {UKFE}

Lmoments & Lmoment ratios

Description

Calculates the Lmoments and Lmoment ratios from a sample of data

Usage

Lmoms(x)

Arguments

x

a numeric vector. The sample of interest

Details

Lmoments calculated according to methods outlined by Hosking & Wallis (1997): Regional Frequency Analysis and approach based on LMoments. Also in the Flood Estimation Handbook (1999), volume 3.

Value

A data.frame with one row and column headings; L1, L2, L3, L4, Lcv, LSkew, and LKurt. The first four are the Lmoments and the next three are the Lmoment ratios.

Author(s)

Anthony Hammond

Examples

#Get an AMAX sample and calculate the Lmoments
AM.96001 <- GetAM(96001)
Lmoms(AM.96001$Flow)