Application of digital terrain analysis to estimate hydrological variables in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 308, 2006, Pages 81-85

  Pike, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Puerto Rico; Spatial interpolation; Stream network; Surface water

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DIGITAL DEVICES; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; LIQUID LEVEL INDICATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); MEAN ANNUAL RAINFALL; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; STREAMFLOW GAUGES;

HYDROLOGY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RESOLUTION; STREAM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 33845525432     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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