On the risk of obtaining misleading results by pooling streamflow data for trend analyses

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Viviroli, D ^a   Schdler, B ^a   Schmocker Fackel, P ^b   Weiler, M ^c   Seibert, J ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SELECTION; FLOOD EVENT; GAUGING STATIONS; LIMITED DATA; PEAK FLOWS; SWITZERLAND; TREND ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; RUNOFF;

FLOODS;

ARTIFACT; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; PEAK FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84861373816     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011690     Document Type: Article

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