Russian nesting dolls effect - Using wavelet analysis to reveal non-stationary and nested stationary signals in water yield from catchments on a northern forested landscape

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 669-686

  Mengistu, Samson G ^a   Creed, Irena F ^a   Kulperger, Reg J ^a   Quick, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic climate change; Catchment; Climate; Forest; Non stationary; Stationary; Time series analysis; Water yield; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CLIMATE; FOREST; NONSTATIONARY; STATIONARY; WATER YIELD;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; LOADING; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CORRELATION; HEADWATER; LANDSCAPE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TURKEY LAKES;

EID: 84874192683     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9552     Document Type: Article

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