Joint Distribution Functions for Link Lengths and Drainage Areas.
Abstract
The elementary link lengths, l, and associated drainage areas, a, in drainage basins may be considered as correlated random variables drawn from a bivariate population. A theoretical model for the joint distribution is developed using the assumption that l and a depend in turn on other random variables, some of which they have in common. Some properties of the related quantities l and l squared/a are also derived, and some quantitative results that can be compared with observations on natural networks are obtained. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 18, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0745786
Entities
People
- J. Samuel Smart
Organizations
- IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center