Low-frequency variability of European runoff

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2853-2869

  Gudmundsson, L ^a   Tallaksen, L M ^a   Stahl, K ^a,b   Fleig, A K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DEGREE; CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DOMINANT MODE; HIGH VARIABILITY; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; LOW-FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; NONLINEAR DIMENSION; PRIMARY CONTROL; PROPORTION OF VARIANCE; RIVER FLOW; SMALL CATCHMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIME-SCALES;

CATCHMENTS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOW MODELING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER FLOW; SNOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 80052746004     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2853-2011     Document Type: Article

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