Research Article

Spatial Interpolation of Annual Runoff in Ungauged Basins Based on the Improved Information Diffusion Model Using a Genetic Algorithm

Table 1

The latitude, longitude, altitude, catchment area, and the annual runoff from 2002 to 2011 of nine sites on mainstream of the Yellow River.

SiteTangnaihaiLanzhouToudaoguaiLongmenTongguanHuayuankouGaocunAishanLijin

Latitude (N)35.63640.135.734.534.835.136.335.6
Longitude (E)100.1103.8111.1110.6110.3114.1115.1116.2111
Altitude (m)332015201620421327.9420578197.28
Catchment area (km2)121972222551367898497552682141730036734146749136751869
The runoff in 2011 (×108 m3)211.2284.1162.9169.4259.6287.1262.3238.6184.2
The runoff in 2010 (×108 m3)197.1314191.2207.3262.5276.3258.3242193
The runoff in 2009 (×108 m3)263.5304.7169.6178.3206.5232.2208.9187.9132.9
The runoff in 2008 (×108 m3)174.6285.1164.1177.6204.8236.1220.8197.1145.6
The runoff in 2007 (×108 m3)189.0307.0189.3205.9250.4269.7259.8248.7204.0
The runoff in 2006 (×108 m3)141.3298.9174.9199.6233.4281.1265.9246.6191.7
The runoff in 2005 (×108 m3)255.0291.1150.2169.2230.8257.0243.4245.4206.8
The runoff in 2004 (×108 m3)151.3238.5127.6158.5197.3240.5231.0233.7198.8
The runoff in 2003 (×108 m3)171.6219.7115.6162.3261.4272.7257.6240.0192.6
The runoff in 2002 (×108 m3)105.8235.8122.8156.6174.7195.6157.7107.941.90