Recession analysis across scales: The impact of both random and nonrandom spatial variability on aggregated hydrologic response

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 523, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-106

  Chen, Bo ^a,b   Krajewski, Witold F ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic aggregation; Organization; Randomness and nonrandomness; Recession analysis; Variability

Indexed keywords

GAGES; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HIERARCHICAL DESCRIPTION; HIERARCHICAL REPRESENTATION; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; NON-RANDOMNESS; RECESSION ANALYSIS; RECESSION CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VARIABILITY;

WATERSHEDS;

DRAINAGE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NONLINEARITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; WATERSHED;

CEDAR BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922275589     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.049     Document Type: Article

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