Recent trends in streamflow in Romania (1976-2005)

Romanian Reports in Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 275-280

  Birsan, Marius Victor ^a   Zaharia, Liliana ^b   Chendes, Viorel ^c   Branescu, Emilia ^c  

^a NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Institutul National de Hidrologie i Gospod rirea Apelor   (Romania)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mann kendall; Romania; Streamflow trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859076799     PISSN: 12211451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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