Temporal and spatial patterns of low-flow changes in the Yellow River in the last half century

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-309

  Yang, Tao ^a,b,e   Xu, Chong Yu ^c   Shao, Quanxi ^d   Chen, Xi ^a   Lu, Gui Hua ^a   Hao, Zhen Chun ^a,b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Low flow changes; Mann Kendall trend analysis; Spatial mapping; Spatio temporal changes; Spatio temporal patterns; The Yellow River; Variability; Wavelet transform analysis

Indexed keywords

FLOW CHANGES; MANN-KENDALL; SPATIAL MAPPING; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; TREND ANALYSIS; VARIABILITY; YELLOW RIVER;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAPPING; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

LOW FLOW; MAPPING; RIVER FLOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 77955050330     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-009-0318-y     Document Type: Article

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