Flood modelling in a high country mountain catchment, New Zealand: comparing statistical and deterministic model estimates for ecological flows;Modélisation des crues dans un bassin versant de haute montagne, en Nouvelle-Zélande: comparaison des estimations de débits écologiques issues de modèles statistiques et déterministes

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 328-341

  Caruso, Brian S ^a   Rademaker, Mhairi ^a   Balme, Andrew ^a   Cochrane, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

floods; high country; modelling; mountain hydrology; New Zealand; tussock grasslands

Indexed keywords

DETERMINISTIC MODELLING; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; ECOLOGICAL FLOWS; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD MAGNITUDES; FLOOD MODELLING; FLOOD PEAK; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; HEC-HMS; HIGH COUNTRY; HISTORICAL DATA; L-MOMENTS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MODEL RESULTS; MOUNTAIN HYDROLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; RETURN PERIODS; RIVER CATCHMENT; RUNOFF GENERATION; SCS CURVE NUMBER; TO CURVE; TUSSOCK GRASSLANDS;

ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; MODELS; RUNOFF; STATISTICS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; FLOOD; MOUNTAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

ALPS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84874785240     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2012.752577     Document Type: Article

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