Evaluating hydrometric networks for prediction in ungauged basins: A new methodology and its application to England and Wales

Hydrology Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 401-418

  Hannaford, J ^a   Holmes, M G R ^b   Laize C L R ^a   Marsh, T J ^a   Young, A R ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Crowmarsh Gifford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floods; Hydrometric network; Hydrometry; Low flows; Monitoring; Regionalisation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; CATCHMENT PROPERTIES; FITNESS FOR PURPOSE; HYDROMETRIC NETWORKS; HYDROMETRY; LOW FLOW; PREDICTION IN UNGAUGED BASINS; REGIONALISATION;

DATA TRANSFER; FLOODS; MONITORING; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DATA TRANSMISSION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MODELING; GAUGE; HYDROMETRY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84880411375     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2012.115     Document Type: Article

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