Variability in Canadian seasonal streamflow information and its implication for hydrometric network design

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Coulibaly, Paulin ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entropy theory; Hydrometric networks; Mutual information; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENTROPY; STORMS; STREAM FLOW;

ENTROPY THEORY; GAUGING STATIONS; HYDROLOGIC EXTREMES; HYDROMETRIC NETWORKS; MUTUAL INFORMATIONS; NETWORK DESIGN; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW NETWORKS;

DESIGN;

ENTROPY; HYDROMETRY; NETWORK DESIGN; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW;

CANADA;

EID: 84928548403     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: 19435584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000971     Document Type: Article

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