Detecting gradual and abrupt changes in hydrological records

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-44

  Rougé, Charles ^a,b   Ge, Yan ^a   Cai, Ximing ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Change point test; Climate change; Duration of a change; Hydrological statistics; Non stationarity; Trend test

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; CHANGE-POINTS; DATA NETWORK; DURATION OF A CHANGE; HYDROCLIMATIC; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABLES; HYDROLOGICAL TIME-SERIES; MANN-KENDALL; MONTE CARLO; NON-STATIONARITIES; RANK CORRELATION; TREND TESTS; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870700675     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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