Quantifying uncertainty in streamflow records

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-21

  Hamilton, A S ^a   Moore, R D ^b  

^a Aquatic Informatics   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT CHANGE; DATA PRODUCTION; DATA SETS; DATA USERS; HYDROMETRIC DATA; IN-FIELD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; REANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW RECORDS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

METADATA; STREAM FLOW;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858169650     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3701865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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