A canonical correlation approach to the determination of homogeneous regions for regional flood estimation of ungauged basins;Détermination de régions homogènes pour l’estimation régionale de crues de bassins non jaugés par l’analyse canonique des corrélations

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 499-512

  Cavadias, G S ^a   Ouarda, T B M J ^a   Bobee B ^a   Girard, C ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Canonical variable; Clustering algorithm; Flood characteristics; Homogeneous region; Hydrological neighbourhood; Regional estimation; Ungauged basin

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; FLOODS;

UNGAUGED BASINS;

HYDROLOGY;

CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0035417405     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626660109492846     Document Type: Article

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