Estimation of continuous streamflow in ontario ungauged basins: Comparison of regionalization methods

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 447-459

  Samuel, Jos ^a   Coulibaly, Paulin ^a   Metcalfe, Robert A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous streamflow; Coupled regionalization; Multiple linear regression; Physical similarity; Regionalization; Spatial proximity; Uncertainty analysis; Ungauged basins

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS STREAMFLOW; COUPLED REGIONALIZATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; PHYSICAL SIMILARITY; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIAL PROXIMITY; UNGAUGED BASINS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INTERPOLATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 79955738675     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000338     Document Type: Article

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