An integrated approach to the estimation of streamflow drought quantiles

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1011-1024

  Burn, Donald H ^a   Wychreschuk, Jeremy ^a   Bonin, David V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Acres Manitoba Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Historical data; Nearest neighbour resampling; Streamflow drought severity estimation; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DROUGHT; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PALEOCLIMATE; TREE RINGS;

STREAM FLOW;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HISTORICAL RECORD; LOW FLOW; PALEOHYDROLOGY; STREAMFLOW; TREE RING;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10244236490     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.49.6.1011.55727     Document Type: Article

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