Nonlinear determinism in river flow: Prediction as a possible indicator

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 969-979

  Sivakumar, Bellie ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Correlation dimension; Determinism; Inverse approach; Local approximation prediction; Phase space reconstruction; River flow; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RIVERS;

INVERSE APPROACH; PHASE-SPACE RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RIVERS;

CORRELATION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RIVER FLOW; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 34250858913     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1462     Document Type: Article

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