Simple scaling properties of Canadian annual average streamflow

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 481-495

  Yue, Sheng ^a   Yew Gan, Thian ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual average streamflow; Linear regression; Probability weighted moments; Product moments; Simple scaling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW;

LOGARITHM; PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENTS (PWM); PRODUCT MOMENTS; SCALING PROPERTIES;

WATER RESOURCES;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 2342629350     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.02.019     Document Type: Article

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