On scaling exponents of spatial peak flows from rainfall and river network geometry

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 81-104

  Gupta, Vijay K ^a   Castro, Sandra L ^a   Over, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NETWORKS; RAINFALL; RIVERS;

CHANNEL NETWORK; FLOOD FREQUENCY; RAINFALL/RUNOFF MODEL; RANDOM CASCADE MODEL; RIVER NETWORK; SCALE EFFECT;

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTALS; GEOMETRY; RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HAUSDORFF DIMENSIONS; SCALING EXPONENTS; SPATIAL PEAK FLOWS; STATISTICAL SELF SIMILARITY;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0030300851     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03088-0     Document Type: Article

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