CORRELATIVE ESTIMATE


Meaning of CORRELATIVE ESTIMATE in English

A discharge or stream flow estimate determined by Correlation, or comparisons to other, possibly influencing factors, e.g., rainfall, snowpack, levels of upstream lakes and reservoirs, etc. A correlative estimate represents a likely value of the discharge or flow for any particular period: commonly a month: according to a specified method of analysis and the explanatory variables chosen.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary.      Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга.