Hydro-meteorological trends in semi-arid north-central Chile (29-32°S): Water resources implications for a fragile Andean region;Tendances hydro-météorologiques dans la région semi-aride du centre-nord du Chili (29-32 °S): Les implications pour les ressources en eau dans une région andine fragile

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 479-495

  Souvignet, Maxime ^a,b,c   Oyarzún, Ricardo ^d   Verbist, Koen M J ^e   Gaese, Hartmut ^c   Heinrich, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c TH Köln University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

arid region; Chile; climate change; hydro climatological indices; trend detection; variability

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN REGION; CENTRAL ANDES; CHILE; FUTURE PLANNING; GLACIER RETREAT; HIGH CONFIDENCE; HISTORICAL RECORDS; HYDRO-CLIMATOLOGICAL INDICES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MONOTONIC TREND; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NON-PARAMETRIC; RAINY SEASONS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SEMI ARID; SNOWMELT; TREND DETECTION; VARIABILITY;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE;

WATER RESOURCES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE; GLACIER RETREAT; HYDROLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SNOWMELT; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

ANDES; CHILE; NORTE CHICO [CHILE];

EID: 84859593816     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2012.665607     Document Type: Article

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