What drives high flow events in the Swiss Alps? Recent developments in wavelet spectral analysis and their application to hydrology

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2511-2525

  Schaefli, B ^a   Maraun, D ^a   Holschneider, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catchment hydrology; Continuous wavelet transform; Cross wavelet analysis; Hydrological modelling; Hydrological processes; Time series analysis; Wavelet coherence; Wavelet spectrum

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM; CROSS WAVELET ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING;

HYDROLOGY;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CATCHMENT; DESIGN; DETECTION METHOD; FLOODING; FLUID FLOW; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34748833473     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2007.06.004     Document Type: Review

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