An Efficient Prediction Model for Water Discharge in Schoharie Creek, NY

Table 6

Correlation matrix between the short term components of the water discharge, the climatic variables, and the groundwater level for the winter period.

	Water discharge	Groundwater level	Temperature average (4 days)	Tide	Wind speed	Precipitation (4 days)
Water discharge	1	0.398	0.57	0.732	0.25	0.229
Groundwater level	0.398	1	0.408	0.597	0.12	−0.005
Temperature average (4 days)	0.57	0.408	1	0.444	0.136	0.038
Tide	0.732	0.597	0.444	1	0.181	0.117
Wind speed	0.25	0.12	0.136	0.181	1	0.155
Precipitation (4 days)	0.229	−0.005	0.038	0.117	0.155	1