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Then, the complexities of several representative hydrologic series data were quantified and described, based on which the performances of four wavelet-based entropy measures used commonly, namely continuous wavelet entropy (CWE), continuous wavelet relative entropy (CWRE), discrete wavelet entropy (DWE) and discrete wavelet relative entropy (DWRE) respectively, were compared and discussed. Finally, according to the analytic results of various examples, some understanding and conclusions about the calculation of wavelet-based entropy values gained in this study have been summarized, and the corresponding suggestions have also been proposed, based on which the analytic results of complexity of hydrologic series data can be improved.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e13010195","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,1,17]],"date-time":"2011-01-17T10:51:01Z","timestamp":1295261461000},"page":"195-210","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Wavelet-Based Analysis on the Complexity of Hydrologic Series Data under Multi-Temporal Scales"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Yan-Fang","family":"Sang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ji-Chun","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qing-Ping","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China Water International Engineering Consulting Co. 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