Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont., Canada
Abstract:
The method of characteristic modes proposed by Farmer for nonstationary processes is tested for the forecasting of streamflow. The calculation of the auto-correlation matrix is modified for processes which generate a single record and an algorithm is proposed for the optimum choice of the number of past data and mode vectors. Results for 12 gauging stations in various parts of the world are presented.