Hydrologic complexity and classification: A simple data reconstruction approach

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2713-2728

  Sivakumar, B ^a   Jayawardena, A W ^b   Li, W K ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attractor; Classification; Complexity; Data reconstruction; Hydrologic systems; Non linearity; Phase space

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA PROCESSING; HYDROLOGY; RESEARCH;

DATA RECONSTRUCTION; HYDROLOGIC CLASSIFICATION; HYDROLOGIC COMPLEXITY; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS;

RIVERS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA PROCESSING; HYDROLOGY; RESEARCH; RIVERS;

CLASSIFICATION; COMPLEXITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NONLINEARITY;

EID: 35248857862     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6362     Document Type: Article

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