Trends and variability of climate and river flow in the region of Costa das Baleias, Brazil

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-54

  Genz, F ^a   Tanajura, C A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climate; River discharge; Trends; Variability

Indexed keywords

AREA OF INTEREST; CLIMATE; CLIMATE STUDIES; COMBINED EFFECT; EAST COAST; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HUMAN INTERVENTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL SIGNAL; MANN-KENDALL TEST; NORTHEAST BRAZIL; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE RATE; RIVER FLOW; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRANSITION REGIONS; TRENDS; VARIABILITY;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

STREAM FLOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW;

BRAZIL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RAIN; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84873031543     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.528     Document Type: Article

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