Statistical Justification of Hillside Farm Dam Distribution in Eastern Australia

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3139-3151

  Shao, Quanxi ^a   Chan, Carmen ^a   Jin, Huidong ^a   Barry, Simon ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elevation; Farm dam mapping; Generalized additive model; Land use; Precipitation pattern

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; CLIMATE FACTORS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; ELEVATION; FLAT AREA; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION COVER; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; LAND USE;

DAMS;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; GEOSTATISTICS; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865504013     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0063-8     Document Type: Article

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