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ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES
卷 40, 期 -, 页码 11-22出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.01.008
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Catchment classification; Catchment forcing; Catchment form; Catchment function; Affinity propagation; Scotland
While there is currently much research activity on catchment classification, there is no agreement on relevant measures of catchment similarity. Here we investigate whether the use of different catchment characteristics as similarity measures leads to convergent catchment classification results. We fed a clustering algorithm called affinity propagation (AP) with different combinations of catchment forcing, form and function indicators collected over 36 Scottish sites (0.44-1712.10 km(2)). The AP algorithm was effective in determining the optimal number of groups needed to capture the most variability in each combination of variables. Catchment groupings obtained using physical properties only did not match those obtained using flow indices, mean transit times or storage estimates. The lack of correlation between flow-derived indicators and physical indicators was a surprising result. The combination of data which best approximated the interactions between catchment structural and functional properties included only topographic characteristics, soil properties and mean transit time estimates. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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