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Autocorrelation characteristics of hydrometeorological data of the United States
Author(s) -
Shahane Ashok N.,
Thomas Daniel,
Bock Paul
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr013i001p00093
Subject(s) - hydrometeorology , autocorrelation , evapotranspiration , precipitation , environmental science , surface runoff , climatology , series (stratigraphy) , divergence (linguistics) , hydrology (agriculture) , statistics , meteorology , physical geography , geography , mathematics , geology , ecology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , geotechnical engineering , biology
Serial correlation coefficients for the 5 years mean monthly time series of precipitation P , runoff R , change in storage ΔS, atmospheric vapor divergence ∇· Q , and evapotranspiration E are computed for 76 small and 10 large combined drainage basins of the United States. An effort is made first to explore the characteristic behavior of these serial correlation numbers and then to compare their geographic distribution with physical factors. The results suggest that the geographic variation of these statistical characteristics shows correspondence with various climatological factors.