WSP11333

• File Number: 8273.100
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agency Reports - BOR
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 5/1/1975
• Title: Application of Stochastic Hydrology to Simulate Streamflow and Salinity in the Colorado River
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Correlation Structure.
Total Streamflow . . .
Monthly Properties . .
Probability Distributions.

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4.5 ,Computer Programs . . . . . . .
4.6 'Other Attempts to Simulate Colorado River
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4.7 'Recent Applications. .

V. Summary and Recommendations.

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'Recommendations

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References

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APPENDIXES

1. Upper B}lain Stations - A~alysis and .Adjustments.
. 2. Lower ~sf)n Stations - Analysis and Adjustments.
3. Data Ge~eration Coefficients .
4. River Basin Configuration. , .
5. Listing! of Generation Program.

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Hydrplogic Data Available at Selected Colorado
Riyer Basin Stations. . . . . . . . . .
Flow/Stations Used.in Simulating Colorado River
Streamflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mult~ple Regression Coefficients for Random
Co~onents of Flow Time Series in the Colorado
Riter: Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . .
Corr+lation Matrix for 12 Colorado River Stations .
Corr+lation Between Flow and Quality for
Historic and Synthetic Data . . . . . . . . . .

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