Influence of the 11year solar cycle on annual streamflow maxima in Southern Canada

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 442-443, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-62

  Prokoph, Andreas ^a   Adamowski, Jan ^b   Adamowski, Kaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; El nino; Floods; Solar cycle; Streamflow; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; CANADA; CYCLICITY; EL NINO; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; RANDOM COMPONENTS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR MAXIMA; SUNSPOT CYCLES; SUNSPOT NUMBER; WAVEBANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

STREAM FLOW;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD; HYDROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 84861218115     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.038     Document Type: Article

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