Recommended Citation
Rao, A. R. Regionalization of Indiana Watersheds for Flood Flow Predictions Phase I: Studies in Regionalization of Indiana Watersheds. Publication FHWA/IN/JTRP-2002/02. Joint Transportation Research Program, Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2004. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284313303DOI
10.5703/1288284313303
Abstract
The following five methods of regionalization of watersheds were tested with Indiana watershed and annual maximum flood data: (1) the L-moment based method, (2) the method based on hybrid cluster analysis, (3) the hybrid cluster method using rainfall data, (4) the fuzzy cluster method, and (5) the method based on artificial neural networks. The results of the L-moment based method and the hybrid cluster method with rainfall data were unacceptable because of the subjectivity involved with the former and the heterogeneity of the of the results obtained by the latter. The remaining three methods gave very similar results. The fuzzy cluster and artificial neural network based methods are much easier to use and hence are recommended. The results from any of these methods will not give homogeneous regions. The results from the clustering methods must be tested and revised to get homogeneous watersheds. The data from each of the regions were investigated by using tests based on simple scaling. The results from these tests confirm all the regions, except one, to be homogeneous.
Report Number
FHWA/IN/JTRP-2002/02
Keywords
regionalization, watersheds, flood frequencies, scaling, cluster analysis., SPR-2476
SPR Number
2476
Project Number
C-36-62K
File Number
9-8-11
Performing Organization
Joint Transportation Research Program
Publisher Place
West Lafayette, IN
Date of this Version
2004