Stochastic and Statistical Methods in Hydrology and Environmental Engineering: Time Series Analysis in Hydrology and Environmental Engineering

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Applications of Stochastic Modeling in Climate Change Impact Assessment....Pages 3-17
Knowledge Based Classification of Circulation Patterns for Stochastic Precipitation Modeling....Pages 19-32
Grey Theory Approach to Quantifying the Risks Associated with General Circulation Models....Pages 33-46
A Nonparametric Renewal Model for Modeling Daily Precipitation....Pages 47-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Forecasting B.C. Hydro’s Operation of Williston Lake-How Much Uncertainty is Enough....Pages 63-75
Evaluation of Streamflow Forecasting Models....Pages 77-85
Application of a Transfer Function Model to a Storage-Runoff Process....Pages 87-97
Seeking User Input in Inflow Forecasting....Pages 99-103
Linear Procedures for Time Series Analysis in Hydrology....Pages 105-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Application of Probability and Entropy Concepts in Hydraulics....Pages 121-134
Assessment of the Entropy Principle as Applied to Water Quality Monitoring Network Design....Pages 135-148
Comparisons Between Bayesian and Entropic Methods for Statistical Inference....Pages 149-162
An Entropy-Based Approach to Station Discontinuance....Pages 163-176
Assessment of Treatment Plant Efficiencies by the Entropy Principle....Pages 177-189
Infilling Missing Monthly Streamflow Data Using a Multivariate Approach....Pages 191-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Application of Neural Networks to Runoff Prediction....Pages 205-216
Prediction of Daily Water Demands by Neural Networks....Pages 217-227
Backpropagation in Hydrological Time Series Forecasting....Pages 229-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Tests for Monotonic Trend....Pages 245-270
Analysis of Water Quality Time Series Obtained for Mass Discharge Estimation....Pages 271-284
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
De-Acidification Trends in Clearwater Lake near Sudbury, Ontario 1973–1992....Pages 285-298
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Multivariate Kernel Estimation of Functions of Space and Time Hydrologic Data....Pages 301-315
Comparing Spatial Estimation Techniques for Precipitation Analysis....Pages 317-330
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Exploratory Spectral Analysis of Time Series....Pages 333-346
On the Simulation of Rainfall Based on the Characteristics of Fourier Spectrum of Rainfall....Pages 347-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Cluster Based Pattern Recognition and Analysis of Streamflows....Pages 363-380
Rémus, Software for Missing Data Recovery....Pages 381-393
Seasonality of Flows and Its Effect on Reservoir Size....Pages 395-407
Estimation of the Hurst Exponent h and Geos Diagrams for a Non-Stationary Stochastic Process....Pages 409-420
Optimal Parameter Estimation of Conceptually-Based Streamflow Models by Time Series Aggregation....Pages 421-434
On Identification of Cascade Sytems by Nonparametric Techniques with Applications to Pollution Spread Modeling in River Systems....Pages 435-448
Patching Monthly Streamflow Data — A Case Study Using the Em Algorithm and Kalman Filtering....Pages 449-457
Runoff Analysis by the Quasi Channel Network Model in the Toyohira River Basin....Pages 459-467
Back Matter....Pages 469-475