Regional methods for trend detection: Assessing field significance and regional consistency

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Renard, B ^a   Lang, M ^b   Bois, P ^c   Dupeyrat, A ^d   Mestre, O ^e   Niel, H ^f   Sauquet, E ^b   Prudhomme, C ^g   Parey, S ^d   Paquet, E ^d   Neppel, L ^f   Gailhard, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d EDF R AND D   (France)

^e MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^f Maison des Sciences de l'Eau   (France)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

CLIMATIC REGIONS; DAILY DISCHARGE; GAUGING STATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; MANN-KENDALL TEST; RAINFALL-RUNOFF SIMULATIONS; REGIONAL VARIABLE; TREND DETECTION;

FLOODS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; TREND ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53849145686     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006268     Document Type: Article

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