No monsters, no miracles: In nonlinear sciences hydrology is not an outlier!;Ni monstres, ni miracles: L'hydrologie n'est pas un horsain des sciences non-linéaires!

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 965-979

  Schertzer, D ^a,b   Tchiguirinskaia, I ^a,c   Lovejoy, S ^d   Hubert, P ^e  

^a Universite Paris Est   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Scales*Measure*Singularities*Balance equation*Fractals*Multifractals

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL EXAMPLE; CURRENT LIMITATION; END USERS; FRACTAL OBJECTS; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROLOGICAL FIELDS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MULTI FRACTALS; NONLINEAR SCIENCE; RAINFALL TIME SERIES; RIVER NETWORK; SCALE DEPENDENCE; UPSCALING;

HYDROLOGY; MODELS; RAIN; TIME SERIES; WATER;

FRACTALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTLIER; PARAMETERIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649725318     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2010.505173     Document Type: Article

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