Spectral-temporal characterization of riverflow variability in England and Wales for the period 1865-2002

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1147-1157

  Sen, Asok K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermittency; Kurtosis; Riverflow; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLES; CLIMATIC PROCESS; CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORMS; DECADAL TIME SCALE; DISCHARGE TIME; ENGLAND; HIGHER DEGREES; INTER ANNUALS; INTERMITTENCY; INTERMITTENT FLOWS; KURTOSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RIVERFLOW; SUPER-GAUSSIAN; TIME INTERVALS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CATCHMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 64049092882     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7224     Document Type: Article

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