Modeling and forecasting river flow rate from the Melen Watershed, Turkey

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 456-457, Issue , 2012, Pages 121-129

  Akiner, Muhammed Ernur ^a   Akkoyunlu, Atilla ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Melen Watershed; Precipitation forecast; River flow rate; SWAT Model

Indexed keywords

BLACK SEA; ISTANBUL; MISSING VALUES; MODELING AND FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RIVER FLOW; SIMULATED MODEL; SWAT MODEL; TEMPORAL DATA; VALUE ESTIMATION; WATER DEMAND;

AUTOCORRELATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; LANDFORMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WATERSHEDS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA SET; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER FLOW; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BLACK SEA; MELEN BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 84864370476     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.06.031     Document Type: Article

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