Time Series Analysis for Hydrological Features: Applications
of Box-Jenkins Models to Euphrates River

Naba Shakir Hadi
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Mail Box 169, West Mafang Shan Campus, #205 Luoshi Road, Wuchang 430070, People s Republic of China

Abstract: Water plays a significant role at the present time and receives more concern in future due to its necessity for the development of the life of people, because water is considered as the most important natural resources and depends on it different activities. This study presents the statistical models via the application of the theories of a time series to water variables of Thalweg of the Euphrates River between Al-Qadissiya Dam and Abu-Ghraib stream. Measurement were made and SPSS7.5 Software was used for the analysis and the best model was determined by checking the explained variation.

Key words: Time series analysis, box Jenkins, Euphrates river.