A comparison of low flow estimates in ungauged catchments using regional regression and the HBV-model

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2567-2586

  Engeland, Kolbjorn ^a   Hisdal, H ^b  

^a SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Low flow index; Rainfall runoff model; Regional regression; Ungauged catchment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CROSS VALIDATION; DAILY RAINFALL; DESCRIPTORS; HBV MODEL; LOW FLOW; LOW FLOW INDEX; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; OPTIMAL SETS; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODEL; REGIONAL HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; REGIONAL REGRESSION; REGRESSION METHOD; REGRESSION MODEL; STEPWISE LINEAR REGRESSION; STREAMFLOW; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT;

HYDRAULIC MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 69249127988     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9397-7     Document Type: Article

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