Comparison of a neural network and a regression model to estimate suspended sediment in a semiarid basin

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 299, 2005, Pages 91-100

  Schnabel, Susanne ^a   Maneta, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Modelling; Neural network; Semiarid environments; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER;

RAINFALL INTENSITY; SEMIARID ENVIRONMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIP;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EPHEMERAL STREAM; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEMIARID REGION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 27544472071     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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