Multifractal analysis of streamflow records of the East River basin (Pearl River), China

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 388, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 927-934

  Zhang, Qiang ^a,b   Xu, Chong Yu ^c   Yu, Zuguo ^d,e   Liu, Chun Ling ^b   Chen, Yongqin David ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East River basin; Multifractal behavior; Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MF DFA); Pearl River basin; River flow

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FRACTALS; GEMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

EAST RIVER BASIN; MULTIFRACTAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIFRACTAL DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; PEARL RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW;

RIVERS;

EID: 58149345476     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.11.025     Document Type: Article

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