An integrated statistical approach to identify the nonlinear trend of runoff in the Hotan River and its relation with climatic factors

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-233

  Xu, Jianhua ^a   Chen, Yaning ^b   Li, Weihong ^b   Yang, Yang ^a   Hong, Yulian ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic factor; Correlation; Nonlinear trend; Northwest China; Runoff; The Hotan River; Wavelet approximation; Wavelet regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

CLIMATIC FACTORS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NON-LINEAR TRENDS; NORTHWEST CHINA; STATISTICAL APPROACH; WAVELET APPROXIMATIONS;

NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION; LAKE WATER; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HOTAN RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 78751612011     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-010-0433-9     Document Type: Article

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