Review of methods for the detection and estimation of trends with emphasis on water quality applications

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-149

  Esterby, Sylvia R ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Component models; Monotonic trend; Non parametric trend tests; Regression; Seasonality; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; SEASONALITY; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0029751361     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199602)10:2<127::AID-HYP354>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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