Exploring the physical controls of regional patterns of flow duration curves – Part 1: Insights from statistical analyses

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4435-4446

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

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE FLOW INDEX; CLASSICAL METHODS; CLIMATE GRADIENTS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DATA RECORDS; FLOW DATA; FLOW DURATION CURVE; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL CONTROL; RAINFALL RUNOFF; REGIONAL PATTERN; RUNOFF COMPONENTS; SLOW FLOW; SPACE TIME SYMMETRY; STREAMFLOW RECORDS; TWO-COMPONENT; UNGAUGED BASINS;

CLIMATOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGIONAL PATTERN; REGIONALIZATION; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870279657     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-4435-2012     Document Type: Article

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