Regional analysis of streamflow drought: A case study for southwestern Iran

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2009, Pages 447-451

  Byzedi, M ^a   Saghafian, B ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute (SCWMR)   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Regional analysis; Streamflow drought; Truncation level method

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMUM SERIES; DAILY DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE DENSITY; DROUGHT DURATION; DROUGHT INDICES; EFFECTIVE FACTORS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTION ANALYSIS; HOMOGENOUS REGION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROMETRIC STATIONS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; IRAN; LEVEL METHOD; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION MODELS; NATURAL HAZARD; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION MODEL; RETURN PERIODS; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED AREAS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; RAIN; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

DROUGHT;

EID: 78651553089     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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