Linking long-term water balances and statistical scaling to estimate river flows along the drainage network of Colombia

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-13

  Poveda, Germán ^a   Vélez, Jaime I ^a   Mesa, Oscar J ^a   Cuartas, Adriana ^b   Barco, Janet ^c   Mantilla, Ricardo I ^d   Mejía, John F ^e   Hoyos, Carlos D ^f   Ramírez, Jorge M ^g   Ceballos, Lina I ^f   Zuluaga, Manuel D ^f   Arias, Paola A ^f   Botero, Blanca A ^h   Montoya, María I ^e   Giraldo, Juan D ^f   Quevedo, Diana I ^h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colombia; Evapotranspiration; Flood hydrology; Hydrologic data; Precipitation; Streamflow; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOOD HYDROLOGY; STATISTICAL SCALING; WATER BALANCE;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845651446     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2007)12:1(4)     Document Type: Article

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