Stream flow characterization and feature detection using a discrete wavelet transform

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-249

  Smith, Laurence C ^a,b   Turcotte, Donald L ^a   Isacks, Bryan L ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydroclimatic regions; Stream flow variability; Wavelet spectral analyses

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FEATURE EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RIVERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VECTORS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

HYDROCLIMATIC REGIONS; HYDROGRAPHS;

STREAM FLOW;

EID: 0032003006     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199802)12:2<233::AID-HYP573>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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