@article{PAR00010614,
  title = {{V}elocity and depth distributions in stream reaches : testing {E}uropean models in {E}cuador},
  author = {{G}irard, {V}. and {L}e {G}oulven, {P}atrick and {C}alvez, {R}oger and {L}amouroux, {N}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{E}uropean statistical hydraulic models developed in {F}rance and {G}ermany were tested on how they predicted the frequency distributions of water depth and point velocity measured in 14 reaches in {E}cuador during 25 surveys. {F}irst, the observed frequency distributions were fitted to parametric functions defined in {E}urope and the parameters were predicted from the average characteristics of reaches (e.g.,discharge rate and mean depth and width) using {E}uropean regressions. {W}hen explaining the frequency of three classes of velocity and three classes of depth among reach surveys, the fitted and predicted distributions had a low absolute bias (). {T}he residual variance of fits relative to the mean class variance was . {T}he residual variance of predicted frequencies was 30-61% for velocity classes and 20-36% for depth classes. {O}verall, the {E}uropean models appeared appropriate for {E}cuadorian stream reaches but could be improved. {T}his study demonstrates the transferability of statistical hydraulic models between widely separated geographic regions.},
  keywords = {{R}ivers and streams ; {V}elocity ; {M}odel tests ; {S}tochastic models ; {H}ydraulic models ; {E}cuador ; {S}tatistical hydraulic model ; {F}requency distributions ; {T}ropical alpine region ; {R}ivers and streams ; {V}elocity and depth ; distributions ; {M}odel tests ; {S}tochastic models ; {H}ydraulic models ; {EQUATEUR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {H}ydraulic {E}ngineering - {ASCE}},
  volume = {139},
  numero = {7},
  pages = {794--798},
  ISSN = {0733-9429},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0000726},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00010614},
}