Regional classification, variability, and trends of northern North Atlantic river flow

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1021-1033

  Kingston, Daniel G ^a,b   Hannah, David M ^a   Lawler, Damian M ^a   Mcgregor, Glenn R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Hydrological classification; Northern north atlantic; River flow; Trend detection

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL FLOW; CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; HYDROLOGICAL HOMOGENEITY; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; MANN-KENDALL TEST; NORTH ATLANTIC; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER FLOW TIME SERIES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TREND DETECTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79952632702     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7655     Document Type: Article

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