Wavelet analysis of variability in annual Canadian streamflows

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Coulibaly, Paulin ^a   Burn, Donald H ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change point; Climatic patterns; Space time variability; Streamflows; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

STREAM FLOW;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; STREAMFLOW; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2042453329     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002667     Document Type: Article

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