Predicting annual and long-term flow-duration curves in ungauged basins

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 937-953

  Castellarin, Attilio ^a   Camorani, Giorgio ^b   Brath, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Autorità di Bacino del Fiume Po Po River Basin Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

Jack knife cross validation; Kappa distribution; Predictions in ungauged basins; Regional analysis; Streamflow regime

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STREAM FLOW;

FLOW-DURATION CURVES; INDEX-FLOW MODEL; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

BASIN ANALYSIS; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FLOW MODELING; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 33847027903     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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