Regional flow-duration curves: Reliability for ungauged basins

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 953-965

  Castellarin, Attilio ^a   Galeati, Giorgio ^b   Brandimarte, Luigia ^a   Montanari, Alberto ^a   Brath, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ENEL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eastern central Italy; Jack knife cross validation; Regional analysis; Streamflow regime

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

FLOW-DURATION CURVES (FDC); HYDROPOWER GENERATION; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION; UNGAUGED BASINS;

STREAM FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 6444227325     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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