Trend, periodicity and abrupt change in streamflow of the East River, the Pearl River basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 305-314

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b   Li, Kun ^a   Li, Jianfeng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous wavelet transform; EEMD; High and low flow components; Scanning t and F tests; Streamflow variations; The East River basin

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM; EAST RIVER BASIN; EEMD; LOW FLOW; STREAMFLOW VARIATIONS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SCANNING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

STREAM FLOW;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; DONG RIVER; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG BASIN;

EID: 84891501220     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9576     Document Type: Article

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