Regionalization of runoff variability of Alberta, Canada, by wavelet, independent component, empirical orthogonal function, and geographical information system analyses

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-107

  Mwale, Davison ^a   Gan, Thian Yew ^b   Devito, Kevin J ^b   Silins, Uldis ^b   Mendoza, Carl ^b   Petrone, Richard ^c  

^a Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta, Canada; Clusters; Empirical orthogonal functions; Independent component analysis; Runoff variability; Stagnation moraine; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; CLUSTERS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS; STAGNATION MORAINE;

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; RUNOFF; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BOREAL FOREST; CATCHMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MORAINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ALBERTA; CLUMPS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RUNOFF; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 78651508524     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000284     Document Type: Article

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