Controls on hydrologic similarity: Role of nearby gauged catchments for prediction at an ungauged catchment

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 551-562

  Patil, S ^a,c   Stieglitz, M ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; DISTANCE-BASED; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; HYDROLOGIC INDICES; HYDROLOGIC SIMILARITY; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MODEL PARAMETERS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SPATIAL PROXIMITY; UNGAUGED BASINS; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT;

FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW;

APPALACHIANS; CASCADE RANGE; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857712554     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-551-2012     Document Type: Article

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