N. C. Matalas

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

N. C. Matalas is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, N. C. Matalas has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Water Science and Technology and 9 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in N. C. Matalas's work include Hydrology and Drought Analysis (16 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (11 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (8 papers). N. C. Matalas is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Drought Analysis (16 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (11 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (8 papers). N. C. Matalas collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. N. C. Matalas's co-authors include James R. Wallis, Jurate M. Landwehr, J. Arthur Greenwood, James Richard Slack, W. B. Langbein, Manuel A. Benson, Edward J. Gilroy, Blair T. Bower, Carl F. Nordin and Leo J. Hetling and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Water Resources Research and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

N. C. Matalas

38 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Probability weighted moments: Definition and relation to parameters of several distributions expressable in inverse form

1979 931 citations J. Arthur Greenwood, Jurate M. Landwehr et al. Water Resources Research profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Number of Records in a Bivariate Sample with Application to Missouri River Flood Data 2002 ·Methodology And Computing In Applied Probability ·Haikady N. Nagaraja, Pankaj K. Choudhary, N. C. Matalas	4
2	On the nature of persistence in dendrochronologic records with implications for hydrology 1986 ·Journal of Hydrology ·Jurate M. Landwehr, N. C. Matalas	6
3	Note on the applicability of the James‐Stein Estimator in regional hydrologic studies 1984 ·Water Resources Research ·Jurate M. Landwehr, N. C. Matalas, James R. Wallis	5
4	Estimation of parameters and quantiles of Wakeby Distributions: 1. Known lower bounds 1979 ·Water Resources Research ·Jurate M. Landwehr, N. C. Matalas, James R. Wallis	75
5	Estimation of parameters and quantiles of Wakeby Distributions: 2. Unknown lower bounds 1979 ·Water Resources Research ·Jurate M. Landwehr, N. C. Matalas, James R. Wallis	22
6	Correction [to “Some comparisons of flood statistics in real and log space” by J. Maciunas Landwehr, N. C. Matalas, and J. R. Wallis] 1979 ·Water Resources Research ·Jurate M. Landwehr, N. C. Matalas, (unknown)	3
7	Probability weighted moments: Definition and relation to parameters of several distributions expressable in inverse form breakdown → 1979 ·Water Resources Research ·J. Arthur Greenwood, Jurate M. Landwehr, N. C. Matalas, James R. Wallis	931
8	A BICENTENNIAL REFLECTION: STREAMGAUGING IN THE UNITED STATES / Réflexion bicentennale: les mesures des débits aux Etats-Unis 1977 ·Hydrological Sciences Bulletin ·N. C. Matalas, (unknown)	1
9	Apparent regional skew 1977 ·Water Resources Research ·James R. Wallis, N. C. Matalas, James Richard Slack	27
10	Effect of sequence length n on the choice of assumed distribution of floods 1976 ·Water Resources Research ·James R. Wallis, N. C. Matalas, James Richard Slack	4
11	On the value of information to flood frequency analysis 1975 ·Water Resources Research ·James Richard Slack, James R. Wallis, N. C. Matalas	55
12	Developments in stochastic hydrology 1975 ·Reviews of Geophysics ·N. C. Matalas	4
13	Correction [to “‘Just a moment!’ by J. R. Wallis, N. C. Matalas, and J. R. Slack”] 1974 ·Water Resources Research ·James R. Wallis, N. C. Matalas, James Richard Slack	1
14	Correlogram Analysis Revisited 1971 ·Water Resources Research ·James R. Wallis, N. C. Matalas	30
15	The Range of Choice in Water Management: A Study of Dissolved Oxygen in the Potomac Estuary 1968 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Robert K. Davis, (unknown), Leo J. Hetling, N. C. Matalas	17
16	Some comments on the use of factor analyses 1967 ·Water Resources Research ·N. C. Matalas, (unknown)	72
17	Time series analysis 1967 ·Water Resources Research ·N. C. Matalas	36
18	Effect Of Floods And Obsolescence On Bridge Life 1965 ·Manuel A. Benson, N. C. Matalas	1
19	A correlation procedure for augmenting hydrologic data 1964 ·USGS professional paper ·N. C. Matalas, (unknown)	76
20	Autocorrelation of rainfall and streamflow minimums 1963 ·USGS professional paper ·N. C. Matalas	16

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