Detection of long-term change in hydroelectric reservoir inflows: Bridging theory and practise

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-54

  Fleming, Sean W ^a,b,c   Weber, Frank A ^a  

^a BC HYDRO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Climate change; Hydroelectric power; Statistical climatology; Time series analysis; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ANNUAL MEAN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CHANGE POINT DETECTION; DATA SELECTION; HYDROCLIMATIC; HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS; HYDROELECTRIC SYSTEMS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; LINEAR METHODS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; LOW-PASS; MANN-WHITNEY; MONOTONIC TREND; NON-PARAMETRIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PATTERN SHIFTS; POLYNOMIAL FIT; SERIAL DEPENDENCE; SHANNON ENTROPY; SLIDING-WINDOW ANALYSIS; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION; SPLIT-SAMPLE; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; GAUGE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INFLOW; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84868371617     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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