Detecting determinism and nonlinearity in river-flow time series

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 763-780

  Porporato, Amilcare ^a   Ridolfi, Luca ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Nonlinear time series analysis; Rainfall runoff transformation; Recession curves; River flow forecasting

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; RIVERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

RIVER-FLOW DYNAMICS;

HYDROLOGY;

FORECASTING METHOD; NONLINEARITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142122932     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.48.5.763.51457     Document Type: Article

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