Evaluating the regional value of streamgage data in Illinois using a new entropy-based approach

Momcilo Markus, H. Vernon Knapp

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Abstract

A study to evaluate and elaborate a rational strategy for the streamgaging program in the State of Illinois has been performed at the Illinois State Water Survey. One of the important aspects of the study was to evaluate the regional value of each station through a regional analysis of its low, average and high flows. Analysis has been performed for the main physiographic regions in the State, and the stations have been evaluated using a new approach based on entropy analysis. Several information parameters, including total transinformation transmitted and received by a station, as well as the total net information, were computed for each station within a region. The stations were ranked based on those parameters. For comparison, a different approach to the gage network analysis based on generalized least square method, developed by the U.S. Geological Survey, was applied to the same data sets. An example from a region in southern Illinois is presented and the results of the two approaches are evaluated. Copyright ASCE 2004.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationBridging the Gap
Subtitle of host publicationMeeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
EventWorld Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: May 20 2001May 24 2001

Publication series

NameBridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001
Volume111

Other

OtherWorld Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period5/20/015/24/01

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Water Science and Technology

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