Climate-driven trends in mean and high flows from a network of reference stations in Ireland;Tendances induites par le climat dans les séries de débits moyens et élevés à partir d'un réseau de stations de référence en Irlande

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 755-772

  Murphy, Conor ^a   Harrigan, Shaun ^a   Hall, Julia ^a   Wilby, Robert L ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; detection; high flows; Ireland; Mann Kendall; mean flows; persistence; reference network; Theil Sen; trend

Indexed keywords

HIGH FLOW; IRELAND; MANN-KENDALL; MEAN FLOW; PERSISTENCE; REFERENCE NETWORK; THEIL-SEN; TREND;

ERROR DETECTION; HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

IRELAND;

EID: 84877585969     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.782407     Document Type: Article

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