Causes of systematic over- or underestimation of low streamflows by use of index-streamgage approaches in the United States

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2211-2220

  Eng, Ken ^a   Kiang, Julie E ^a   Chen, Yin Yu ^a   Carlisle, Daren M ^a   Granato, Gregory E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Hydrologic similarity; Intermittent streams; Low streamflow; Short term streamgages; Ungaged basins

Indexed keywords

BIAS; HYDROLOGIC SIMILARITY; INTERMITTENT STREAMS; LOW STREAMFLOW; SHORT-TERM STREAMGAGES; UNGAGED BASINS;

ESTIMATION;

STREAM FLOW;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; GAUGE; INDEX METHOD; LOW FLOW; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959924528     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7976     Document Type: Article

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