Observed trends of annual maximum water level and streamflow during past 130 years in the Yangtze River basin, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 324, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 255-265

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Liu, Chunling ^c   Xu, Chong yu ^a,b   Xu, Youpeng ^c   Jiang, Tong ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mann Kendall analysis; Runoff changes; The Yangtze catchments; Water level changes; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODS; LAKES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

MANN-KENDALL ANALYSIS; RUNOFF CHANGES; THE YANGTZE CATCHMENTS; WATER LEVEL CHANGES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODS; LAKES; STREAM FLOW; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FLOOD; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33747435523     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.09.023     Document Type: Article

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