Scaling properties of Canadian flood flows

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-258

  Yue, Sheng ^a   Gan, Thian Yew ^b  

^a Taylor Engineering Inc Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flood flow; Regional hydrology; Regression analysis; Scaling

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER;

ANNUAL MAXIMUM; ARCTIC TUNDRAS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATIC REGIONS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATIONS; DRAINAGE AREAS; FLOOD FLOW; GENERATING MECHANISMS; GREAT LAKES; NORTHEASTERN FORESTS; PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENTS; PRODUCT MOMENTS; RAIN ON SNOWS; REGIONAL HYDROLOGY; SCALING; SCALING EXPONENTS; SCALING PROPERTIES; SNOW MELTS; SPATIAL SCALING; ST. LAWRENCE RIVERS;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATIC REGION; DOWNSCALING; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOODING; HYDROLOGY; INDEX METHOD; PEAK FLOW; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; UPSCALING;

DRAINAGE; FLOODS; FLOW; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 61749090180     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7135     Document Type: Article

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