Flood changes during the past 50 years in Wujiang River, South China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3561-3569

  Wang, Li Na ^a   Shao, Quan Xi ^b   Chen, Xiao Hong ^c   Li, Yan ^d   Wang, Da Gang ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Guangdong University of Business   (China)

Author keywords

Change points; Mann Kendall test; Trend analysis; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

CHANGE-POINT ANALYSIS; CHANGE-POINTS; CHANGING TRENDS; DRIVING FORCES; FLOOD DURATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN INFLUENCES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANN-KENDALL TEST; PETTITT ANALYSIS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RIVER BASINS; SOUTH CHINA; TIME-SCALES; TOTAL RAINFALL; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RIVER BASIN; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHINA; WUJIANG BASIN;

EID: 84867863981     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8451     Document Type: Article

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