The composite method: An improved method for stream-water solute load estimation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3029-3047

  Aulenbach, Brent T ^a   Hooper, Richard P ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CUAHSI ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap experiment; Sample design; Stream water solute loads; Trends; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BOOTSTRAP EXPERIMENT; COMPOSITE METHOD; SAMPLE DESIGN; STREAM-WATER SOLUTE LOADS;

HYDROLOGY;

ESTIMATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; PANOLA MOUNTAIN RESEARCH WATERSHED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748799158     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6147     Document Type: Article

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