Unconditional uncertainties of historical and simulated river flows subjected to climate change

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 396, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 113-127

  Kerkhoven, E ^a,b   Gan, T Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca and Fraser River Basins; Generalized multifractal cascade model; Hydrologic model structure; Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis; SRES climate scenarios; Unconditional uncertainties

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; FRASER RIVER; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTIFRACTAL DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; UNCONDITIONAL UNCERTAINTIES;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; MODELS; RIVERS; SNOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER FLOW; SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW;

ATHABASCA BASIN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

EID: 78650172721     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.042     Document Type: Article

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