Sediment Load Estimation
Sediment Loads were estimated at Kraite, Chroy Changvar, and Prek Kdam Station using the LOAD ESTimator (LOADEST) (Runkel, Crawford, & Cohn, 2004). LOADEST provides three methods for load estimation, such as Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE), Adjusted Maximum Likelihood Estimation (AMLE), and Least Absolute Deviation (LAD). AMLE and MLE results are contingent upon the assumption that model residuals are normally distributed while LAD load estimates are not dependent on the normality assumption (Table 2).
Table 2 . Load estimation methods in LOADEST