Thermopeaking in alpine streams: Event characterization and time scales

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 564-576

  Zolezzi, Guido ^a   Siviglia, Annunziato ^a   Toffolon, Marco ^a   Maiolini, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydropower; Regulated Alpine rivers; River temperature; Thermopeaking; Wavelet Transform

Indexed keywords

ALPINE RIVERS; BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT SCALE; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; HIGH ALTITUDE; HYDROPOWER; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; NORTHERN ITALY; RIVER TEMPERATURE; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL SCALE; THERMAL ALTERATION; THERMAL REGIMES; THERMOPEAKING; TIME-SCALES;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INVESTMENTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

RIVERS;

DATA SET; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; PEAK FLOW; RIVER WATER; STREAMFLOW; THERMAL REGIME; TIMESCALE; TRANSFORM; WATER STORAGE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ITALY; NOCE RIVER; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

EID: 77956200957     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.132     Document Type: Article

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