Digital Hydrologic Networks Supporting Applications Related to Spatially Referenced Regression Modeling

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 916-932

  Brakebill, J W ^a   Wolock, D M ^a   Terziotti, S E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; NAWQA; Network; Reach; SPARROW; Streamflow; Streams

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT FLUX; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CURRENT FLOWS; DATA SETS; DRAINAGE AREA; GEO-SPATIAL; HYDROLOGIC ANALYSIS; KEY COMPONENT; MAPPING PRODUCTS; NAWQA; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REACH; REGRESSION MODELING; SPARROW; STREAMS; WATER-PATHWAY; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS; WATERSHED PROCESS;

CATCHMENTS; LANDFORMS; MODELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

DATA SET; DRAINAGE WATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860390524     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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