Recent trends in Iberian streamflows (1945-2005)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 414-415, Issue , 2012, Pages 463-475

  Lorenzo Lacruz, J ^a   Vicente Serrano, S M ^a   Lopez Moreno J I ^a   Moran Tejeda E ^a   Zabalza, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberian Peninsula; Kendall tau; Regulation types; River discharges; Riverflow trends; Water management strategies

Indexed keywords

IBERIAN PENINSULA; KENDALL TAUS; REGULATION TYPES; RIVER DISCHARGES; RIVERFLOW TRENDS; WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DATABASE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84855196881     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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