Rainfall-runoff trends in the south-eastern USA: 1938-2005

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1105-1118

  Rose, Seth ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Non parametric statistical analysis; Production ratios; Rainfall; Runoff; South eastern USA; Spectral analysis; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SOUTH-EASTERN USA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

RUNOFF;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

GEORGIA; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 64049106374     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7177     Document Type: Article

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