Catchment classification based on characterisation of streamflow and precipitation time series

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1149-1159

  Toth, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT CLASSIFICATIONS; CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION; CORRELATION PROPERTIES; LEAVE-ONE-OUT CROSS VALIDATIONS; MISCLASSIFICATION RATES; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; PRECIPITATION TIME SERIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; GAUGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MODEL VALIDATION; MORPHOMETRY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84879074975     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1149-2013     Document Type: Article

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