Fitting depth-discharge relationships in rivers with floodplains

Hydrology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 369-384

  Petersen Øverleir, Asgeir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Change point; Compound channel; Depth discharge relationships; Piecewise regression; Simulated annealing; Steady uniform flow

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CURVE FITTING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHANGE POINT; COMPOUND CHANNEL; DEPTH-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIPS; PIECEWISE REGRESSION; STEADY UNIFORM FLOW;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

ALGORITHM; BOOTSTRAPPING; DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUGE; HYDROMETRY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STEADY FLOW;

EID: 59649106427     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2008.303     Document Type: Article

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