Modelling highly variable daily maximum water temperatures in a perennial South African river system

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-63

  Rivers Moore, Nicholas A ^a   Bezuidenhout, Carel N ^a   Jewitt, Graham P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Daily maximum; Non constant variance; River heterogeneity signatures; Sabie River; South Africa water quality; Statistical modelling; Water temperatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144470844     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085910509503835     Document Type: Article

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