On the Impact of Recent Climate Change on Seasonal Floods—A Case Study from a River Basin in Southern Quebec

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-72

  Jones, Norman K ^a  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RIVERS; SNOW; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPRING FLOODS; SPRING TEMPERATURES; WINTER SNOW ACCUMULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 45849126174     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3301055     Document Type: Article

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