Trend detection in river flow series: 1. Annual maximum flow

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 797-810

  Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^a,b   Graczyk, Dariusz ^a   Maurer, Thomas ^c   Pińskwar, Iwona ^a   Radziejewski, Maciej ^a   Svensson, Cecilia ^d   Szwed, Małgorzata ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual maximum flow; Floods; Mann Kendall test; River flow; Trend detection

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL MAXIMUM FLOW; MANN-KENDALL TEST; RIVER FLOW; TREND DETECTION;

RIVERS;

FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PEAK FLOW; RIVER FLOW; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 26444593433     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.2005.50.5.797     Document Type: Article

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