GIS modeling for predicting river runoff volume in ungauged drainages in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1108-1119

  Cheng, Qiuming ^a,b   Ko, Connie ^a   Yuan, Yinhuan ^a   Ge, Yong ^a   Zhang, Shengyuan ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b China University of Geosciences   (China)

Author keywords

DEM; Geomorphology; GIS; Rivers; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; LANDCOVER; RIVER RUNOFF VOLUME; SURFICIAL GEOLOGY; UNGAUGED DRAINAGES;

RUNOFF;

DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; GIS; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF;

EID: 33746368682     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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