A methodological approach to the reconstruction of the 1949-2000 water temperature series in the Ebro River at Escatrón

Limnetica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-306

  Prats, Jordi ^a,d   Val, Rafael ^b,d   Armengol, Joan ^c,d   Dolz, Josep ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d FLUMEN Fluvial Dynamics Research Group

Author keywords

Bias; Ebro river; Historical data; Long term trend; Resampling; Unbiased estimator; Water temperature; Water temperature increase

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 38849209017     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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