Regionalization of watersheds by hybrid-cluster analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 318, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 37-56

  Ramachandra Rao, A ^a   Srinivas, V V ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Flood frequency analysis; L moments; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENTS; FLOODS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOOD-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION;

WATERSHEDS;

ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; WATERSHEDS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 31044455874     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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