Use of tree ring reconstructed streamflows to assess drought

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1114-1123

  Bonin, David V ^a,b   Burn, Donald H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Acres Manitoba Limited   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drought; Extreme flow quantiles; Frequency analysis; Reconstruction; Tree ring data

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WATER RESOURCES;

EXTREME FLOW QUANTILES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; TREE RING DATA;

STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 32944461414     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l05-069     Document Type: Article

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