Spatial Patterns of March and September Streamflow Trends in Pacific Northwest Streams, 1958-2008

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-201

  Chang, Heejun ^a   Jung, Il Won ^a   Steele, Madeline ^a   Gannett, Marshall ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BASEFLOW; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84863762485     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2012.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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