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