Analyzing streamflow variation in the data-sparse mountainous regions: An integrated CCA-RF-FA framework

In this study, an integrated CCA-RF-FA framework (abbreviated as CRFF) is developed for analyzing the streamflow variation in the mountainous watershed. CRFF incorporates cross-correlation analysis (CCA), random forest (RF), and factorial analysis (FA) within a general framework. CRFF can identify the time lag effect in the runoff mechanism (both rainfall and glacier/snow meltwater), tackle the problem of the simulation performance degradation …