Basin Characteristics and Climate Data Used in Random Forest Models to Determine Hydrologic Alteration in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
To identify the degree of hydrologic alteration of streams in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP), we used random forest (RF) regression methods (Breiman, 2001) to model the relation between six selected streamflow characteristics and explanatory variables (such as drainage area, precipitation, soils, and other …