Hydrologic similarity among catchments under variable flow conditions

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 989-997

  Patil, S ^a   Stieglitz, M ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; EVAPORATIVE DEMANDS; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW DURATION CURVE; HIGH FLOW; HYDROLOGIC SIMILARITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LOW FLOW; ON FLOW; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT;

HYDRAULICS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953046590     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-989-2011     Document Type: Article

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