Classification and flow prediction in a data-scarce watershed of the equatorial Nile region

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1435-1443

  Kileshye Onema, J M ^a,b   Taigbenu, A E ^a   Ndiritu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; FLOW PREDICTION; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MODEL EVALUATION; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NONLINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBCATCHMENTS; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA STRUCTURES; FORECASTING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

DATA SET; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; FLOW MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATERSHED;

NILE [UGANDA]; UGANDA;

EID: 84865321181     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-1435-2012     Document Type: Article

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