Development of representative indicators of hydrologic alteration

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 374, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 136-147

  Gao, Yongxuan ^a   Vogel, Richard M ^a   Kroll, Charles N ^b   Poff, N LeRoy ^c   Olden, Julian D ^d  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecodeficit; Ecohydrology; Flow duration curve; Hydroecology; Instream flow; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ECODEFICIT; ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOW DURATION CURVE; HYDROECOLOGY; INSTREAM FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GAGING; HYDROLOGY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW REGULATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INSTREAM FLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; RIVER FLOW;

EID: 67650363960     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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