Multivariate analysis as a tool to infer hydrologic response types and controlling variables in a humid temperate catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2912-2923

  Ali, Geneviève A ^a   Roy, André G ^a   Turmel, Marie Claude ^a   Courchesne, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification tree analysis; Hydro meteorological thresholds; Hydrograph response; Hydrologic connectivity; Principal component analysis; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION-TREE ANALYSIS; HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL THRESHOLDS; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; VARIATION PARTITIONING;

CATCHMENTS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958017861     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7705     Document Type: Article

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