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To assess redundancy across available hydrologic indices and develop a framework for selecting a minimal, informative subset to characterize streamflow regimes.

January 13, 2003River Research and Applications

Redundancy and the choice of hydrologic indices for characterizing streamflow regimes

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JOJulian D. OldenGriffith University NPN. LeRoy PoffUniversity of Canberra

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Statistical analysis reveals substantial redundancy among hydrologic indices in diverse stream sites, highlighting a framework for parsimonious hydroecological modeling.

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To assess redundancy across available hydrologic indices and develop a framework for selecting a minimal, informative subset to characterize streamflow regimes.
Analyzed 171 hydrologic indices, including Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration, using long-term flow records from 420 continental USA stream sites.
Evaluated indices for statistical variance, multicollinearity, and cross-classification transferability across varied climatic and geologic stream types.
Demonstrated extensive statistical redundancy and multicollinearity across the 171 evaluated hydrologic indices.
Identified reduced sets of non-redundant indices that consistently explain dominant statistical variation across diverse hydrologic environments.

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Olden et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d75f10086f9d6299f30b3b https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.700

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Statistical analysis reveals substantial redundancy among hydrologic indices in diverse stream sites, highlighting a framework for parsimonious hydroecological modeling.

Redundancy and the choice of hydrologic indices for characterizing streamflow regimes

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Redundancy and the choice of hydrologic indices for characterizing streamflow regimes

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