Evaluation of Canadian national hydrometric network density based on WMO 2008 standards

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-167

  Coulibaly, Paulin ^a   Samuel, Jos ^a   Pietroniro, Alain ^b   Harvey, David ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian national hydrometric network; Ecodistricts; Streamflow network density; World meteorological organization (WMO)

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; STREAM FLOW;

CANADIAN NATIONAL HYDROMETRIC NETWORK; CANADIAN NATIONALS; ECODISTRICT; HYDROMETRIC NETWORKS; NETWORKS DENSITIES; STREAMFLOW NETWORK DENSITY; STREAMFLOW NETWORKS; UNGAGED; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS;

SURFACE WATERS;

EID: 84880943440     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2013.787181     Document Type: Article

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