Application of principal component analysis in grouping geomorphic parameters for hydrologic modeling

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-339

  Singh, P K ^a   Kumar, Virendra ^a   Purohit, R C ^a   Kothari, Mahesh ^a   Dashora, P K ^b  

^a Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology   (India)

^b RCA   (India)

Author keywords

Geomorphic parameters; Principal component analysis; Rajasthan; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS;

BIFURCATION RATIOS; CORRELATION MATRICES; GEOMORPHIC PARAMETERS; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; LENGTH RATIOS; MATRIXES; RAJASTHAN; RAJASTHAN , INDIA; THREE COMPONENTS; WATERSHED;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BIFURCATION; DRAINAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 59749084114     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9277-1     Document Type: Article

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