Regional rating curve models of suspended sediment transport for Turkey

Earth Science Informatics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-98

  Isik, S ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Rating curve; Regionalization; Suspended sediment yield; Turkey basins

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

TURKEY;

EID: 84877071405     PISSN: 18650473     EISSN: 18650481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12145-013-0113-7     Document Type: Article

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