A Principal Component Regression Method for Estimating Low Flow Index

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2553-2566

  Eslamian, Saeid ^a   Ghasemizadeh, Mehdi ^b   Biabanaki, Monireh ^a   Talebizadeh, Mansoor ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Eigenvector; Factor analysis; Low flow; Principal component regression

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION AND VERIFICATION; EIGENVECTOR ANALYSIS; EIGENVECTORS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLOW DISCHARGES; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GAUGING STATIONS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LOW FLOW; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT REGRESSION; RANKING METHODS; TWO PARAMETER; TWO-STEP PROCEDURE; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

CATCHMENTS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER RESOURCES;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; EIGENVALUE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; VECTOR;

EID: 77955772140     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9567-2     Document Type: Article

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