Exploring the physical controls of regional patterns of flow duration curves - Part 3: A catchment classification system based on regime curve indicators

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4467-4482

  Coopersmith, E ^a   Yaeger, M A ^a   Ye, S ^b   Cheng, L ^c   Sivapalan, M ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT PROPERTIES; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION TREES; CLIMATIC ARIDITY; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CO-EVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FLOW DURATION CURVE; HYDROLOGIC SIMILARITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; KEY VARIABLES; PHYSICAL CONTROL; REGIONAL PATTERN; RUNOFF REGIMES; SEASONALITY; SIMILARITY INDICES; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; ITERATIVE METHODS; RAIN; RUNOFF; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CATCHMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ARIDITY; CATCHMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; DECISION ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL PATTERN; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870271259     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-4467-2012     Document Type: Article

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