Estimation of annual baseflow at ungauged sites in Indiana USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-27

  Ahiablame, Laurent ^a   Chaubey, Indrajeet ^a,b   Engel, Bernard ^a   Cherkauer, Keith ^a   Merwade, Venkatesh ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Baseflow index; Flow prediction in ungauged basin

Indexed keywords

BASE FLOW INDEX; BASEFLOWS; FLOW PREDICTION; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; INDIANA; QUALITY MODELS; RECURSIVE DIGITAL FILTERS; REGRESSION EQUATION; REGRESSION MODEL; RELATIVE ERRORS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; STREAMFLOW RECORDS; VALIDATION PERIODS;

DIGITAL FILTERS; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

BASEFLOW; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATERSHED;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870985800     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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