4. A number of optimization procedures are available to estimate the best value of
a. A trial-and-error search for a which gives the best value of the correlation coefficient is one of them. EXAMPLE 4.4 Following are the data of gauge and discharge collected at a particular section of the river by stream gauging operation. (a) Develop a gauge-discharge rela- tionship for this stream at this section for use in estimating the discharge for a known gauge reading. What is the coefficient of correlation of the derived relationship? Use a value of a = 7.50 m for the gauge reading corresponding to zero discharge. (b) Estimate the discharge corresponding to a gauge reading of 10.5 m at this gauging section.
SOLUTION: (a) The gaugedischarge equation is Q = Cr(G a)b
Taking the logarithms log Q = b log (G a) + log Cr or Y = bX + b where Y = log Q and X = log (G a). Values of X, Y and XY are calculated for all the data as shown in Table 4.2.