Application of redundancy analysis to hydroclimatology: A case study of spring heavy floods in southern Québec (Canada)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 496, Issue , 2013, Pages 187-194

  Mazouz, Rabah ^a   Assani, Ali A ^a   Rodríguez, Marco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Climate indices; Qu bec; Redundancy analysis; Spring flows characteristics

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CLIMATE INDEX; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS (RDA); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; SPRING FLOW;

FLOODS; REDUNDANCY;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; SPRING (SEASON);

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84879424974     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.035     Document Type: Article

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