Probabilistic streamflow forecasts based on hydrologic persistence and large-scale climate signals in central Texas

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 760-774

  Wei, Wenge ^a   Watkins Jr , David W ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic persistence; Large scale climate signals; Polytomous logistic regression; Probabilistic streamflow forecasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054684349     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2010.133     Document Type: Article

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