Streamflow Changes in the South Atlantic, United States During the Mid- and Late 20th Century

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1126-1138

  Patterson, Lauren A ^a   Lutz, Brian ^b   Doyle, Martin W ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability change; Precipitation; Streamflow; Time series analysis; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ANNUAL TRENDS; ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY/CHANGE; CLIMATIC OSCILLATIONS; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; NORTHERN REGIONS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; STREAMFLOW CHANGES; TIME-PERIODS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WET AND DRY;

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL CONSERVATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

STREAM FLOW;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870550028     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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