Long-range forecasting of intermittent streamflow

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3343-3354

  Van Ogtrop, F F ^a   Vervoort, R W ^a   Heller, G Z ^b   Stasinopoulos, D M ^c   Rigby, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MODELS; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE INDEX; COVARIATES; INDIAN OCEAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; LONG-RANGE FORECASTING; NON-LINEAR; NONSTATIONARY; QUEENSLAND; RIGHT-SKEWED DISTRIBUTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONALITY; SEMI ARID; SEMIARID CATCHMENTS; STATISTICAL MODELS; T DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

STREAM FLOW;

LOGISTICS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; STREAMFLOW;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 80755125311     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3343-2011     Document Type: Article

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