Regionalization of sediment rating curve for sediment yield prediction in ungauged catchments

Hydrology Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-38

  Heng, Sokchhay ^a   Suetsugi, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lower Mekong Basin; Regionalization; Sediment rating curve; Sediment yield; Spatial proximity approach; Ungauged catchment

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; RATING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

LOWER MEKONG BASIN; REGIONALIZATION; SEDIMENT RATING CURVES; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SPATIAL PROXIMITY; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT;

CATCHMENTS;

PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RATING CURVE; REGIONALIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD;

MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 84926625422     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2013.090     Document Type: Article

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