Classifying the flow regimes of Mediterranean streams using multivariate analysis

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 4666-4682

  Oueslati, Ons ^a   De Girolamo, Anna Maria ^a   Abouabdillah, Aziz ^b   Kjeldsen, Thomas R ^c   Lo Porto, Antonio ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE   (Morocco)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Flow regime; Hydrological variables; Mediterranean rivers; Principal component analysis; Regression modelling

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; FLOW REGIMES; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION MODELLING; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; STEPWISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84945489770     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10530     Document Type: Article

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