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Two network design aids, Network Analysis <strong>for</strong> Regional In<strong>for</strong>mation(NARD and Network Analysis Using Generalised Least Squares (NAUGLS),were applied to data from a network of 76 water-level recording stations inNorth Island, New Zealand. NAUGLS conveys more in<strong>for</strong>mation than NARI<strong>for</strong> maximizing <strong>regional</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation about mean flows given a limited budget.NAUGLS is applied to low flows, mean flows and <strong>flood</strong> peaks <strong>for</strong> the Nelsonregion, South Island, to illustrate its use.INTRODUCTIONIn 1984, at the Seventh Session of its Commission <strong>for</strong> Hydrology, the WorldMeteorological Organization (WMO) set up a project to compare technologiesused by hydrological and meteorological services of its member countries todesign networks. This project is known as Intercomparison of OperationalHydrological Network Design Techniques (HYNET).WMO member countries, including New Zealand, have participated incomparing two network design aids developed and used in the United Statesof America (Moss and Tasker, 1991). The methods are Network Analysis <strong>for</strong>Regional In<strong>for</strong>mation (NARI) and Network Analysis Using Generalised LeastSquares (NAUGLS). Both are in a HYNET computer program (Moss and Tasker,1ee0).These aids aim to define networks that efficiently provide in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong>estimating statistical variables of streamflow at ungauged sites in a homogeneousregion. Estimation is based on a multiplicative regression model of a streamflowvariable against physiographic and climatic characteristics.NARI uses ordinary least squares to calibrate the regression relation and isbased on simulations using stochastic hydrology. NAUGLS uses generalised leastsquares (Stedinger and Tasker, 1985) in which values of computed strearnflowcharacteristics at each gauged site are weighted in inverse relation to the estimateof their precision. NAUGLS does not rely on simulation and is moremathematically elegant than is NARI. However, NAUGLS entails somesimplifying assumptions in developing its weighting scheme. HYNET enablesus to test whether the added elegance is a practical improvement over the moresimplistic NARI.HYNET uses randomly selected subsets from existing hydrologic data tosimulate the design and evaluation of a network. Repeated sampling providesstatistics describing the effectiveness of the network design in addressing a specifiedcommon objective. These statistics <strong>for</strong>m a basis <strong>for</strong> comparison.93