Detection of trends in hydrological extremes for Canadian watersheds

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1781-1790

  Burn, Donald H ^a   Sharif, Mohammed ^b   Zhang, Kan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Canada; Climate change; Flood analysis; Low flow events; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAP RESAMPLING; CANADA; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; EVENT TIMING; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME FLOWS; GAUGING STATIONS; HIGH FLOW; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL EVENTS; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; LOW FLOW; LOW FLOW EVENTS; MANN-KENDALL; MAXIMUM FLOWS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SCALE ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; LOW FLOW; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

CANADA;

EID: 77954350612     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7625     Document Type: Article

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