Calibration of hydrological models for ungauged catchments by automatic clustering using a differential evolution algorithm: The Gorganrood river basin case study

Z Alizadeh, J Yazdi - Journal of Hydroinformatics, 2023 - iwaponline.com
The hydrological model calibration is a challenging task, especially in ungauged
catchments. The regionalization calibration methods can be used to estimate the parameters …

Regionalization of watersheds by finite mixture models

A Ahani, SSM Nadoushani, A Moridi - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
Cluster analysis methods are one of the most widely-used types of methods in
regionalization of watersheds for regional flood frequency analysis. Several cluster analysis …

A ranking method for regionalization of watersheds

A Ahani, SSM Nadoushani, A Moridi - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Identification of groups of watersheds with similar flood generation mechanisms and the
same hydrological responses is an important step of regional flood frequency analysis which …

Regionalization of watersheds based on the concept of rough set

A Ahani, SS Mousavi Nadoushani, A Moridi - Natural Hazards, 2020 - Springer
In this study, an algorithm inspired by some concepts of the rough set theory is proposed for
regionalization of watersheds. The algorithm includes a clustering step and a classification …

A fuzzy hybrid clustering method for identifying hydrologic homogeneous regions

SSM Nadoushani, N Dehghanian… - Journal of …, 2018 - iwaponline.com
Identification of hydrologic homogeneous regions (HHR) facilitates prioritization of
watershed management measures. In this study, a new methodology involving a …

A feature weighting and selection method for improving the homogeneity of regions in regionalization of watersheds

A Ahani, SS Mousavi Nadoushani… - Hydrological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The method used for feature selection or feature weighting in regionalization of watersheds
may affect the results of regionalization methods considerably. It can play a key role in …

A hybrid regionalization method based on canonical correlation analysis and cluster analysis: a case study in northern Iran

A Ahani, SS Mousavi Nadoushani, A Moridi - Hydrology Research, 2019 - iwaponline.com
The performance of regionalization methods used for regional flood frequency analysis is
affected considerably by the features used to identify the homogeneous regions (eg …

Regionalization for Flood Frequency Analysis: Sensitivity to Choice of Clustering Algorithm and Distance Metric

A Mondal, R Roy, C Kalai - World Environmental and Water …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Regional flood frequency analysis (RFFA) is a widely recognized technique for estimating
reliable flood quantiles at ungauged sites or to augment the data available at gauged sites …

A Non‐Parametric Circular Statistics‐Based Framework for Predicting Peakflow Seasonality at Ungauged Sites

C Kalai, A Mondal - Water Resources Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Regional frequency analysis (RFA) serves as a useful tool for flood estimation at a regional
level, to improve the precision of estimated flood quantiles or for prediction in ungauged …

Simultaneous regionalization of gauged and ungauged watersheds using a missing data clustering method

A Ahani, SS Mousavi Nadoushani… - Journal of Hydrologic …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Use of flood statistics in the regionalization of watersheds may improve the homogeneity of
regions. However, it is not possible to use the feature vectors, including the flood statistics, to …