Performance-weighted methods for estimating monthly streamflow at ungauged sites

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 477, Issue , 2013, Pages 240-250

  Farmer, William H ^a   Vogel, Richard M ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage area ratio; Prediction in ungauged basins; Regional hydrology; Scaling; Streamflow estimation; Ungauged

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; CONTINENTAL US; DATA NETWORK; DESCRIPTORS; DRAINAGE AREA; HYDROCLIMATIC; PREDICTION IN UNGAUGED BASINS; REGRESSION EQUATION; SCALING; STANDARD DEVIATION; STREAMFLOW RECORDS; TRANSFER METHOD; UNGAUGED;

CATCHMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

ESTIMATION;

ARIDITY; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871476404     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.032     Document Type: Article

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