Trend detection in river flow series: 2. Flood and low-flow index series

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 811-824

  Svensson, Cecilia ^a   Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^b,c   Maurer, Thomas ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annual maximum series; Climate change; Flood; Linear regression; Low flow; Mann Kendall test; Peak over threshold series; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL MAXIMUM SERIES; LINEAR REGRESSION METHODS; LOW FLOW INDEX SERIES; MANN-KENDALL TEST; PEAK-OVER-THRESHOLD SERIES; RIVER FLOW; TREND ANALYSIS;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LOW FLOW; RIVER FLOW; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 26444458914     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.2005.50.5.811     Document Type: Article

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