Temporal evolution of low-flow regimes in Canadian rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Khaliq, M N ^a,b   Ouarda, T B M J ^a   Gachon, P ^b   Sushama, L ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Ouranos Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

BOOTSTRAP RE-SAMPLING; FLOW REGIMES; LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE; LOW FLOWS; NON-PARAMETRIC; PREWHITENING; REFERENCE HYDROMETRIC BASIN NETWORK; RIVER BASINS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TIME FRAMES; TIME-SERIES; TREND DETECTION; WINTER SEASONS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53849121262     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006132     Document Type: Article

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