Detection of water quality trends at high, median, and low flow in a Catskill Mountain stream, New York, through a new statistical method

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Murdoch, Peter S ^a   Shanley, James B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

REGRESSION RESIDUAL ANALYSIS; SEGMENTED REGRESSION ANALYSIS (SRA); SNOWMELT;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ACID DEPOSITION; DETECTION METHOD; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

APPALACHIANS; BISCUIT BROOK; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749400359     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003892     Document Type: Article

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