Inferring air-water temperature relationships from river and catchment properties

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2912-2928

  Johnson, M F ^a   Wilby, R L ^a   Toone, J A ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Logistic regression; Riparian shade; Springs; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT PROPERTIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY; MONITORING SITES; PERENNIAL SPRINGS; RIPARIAN SHADE; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SPRINGS (WATER); TEMPERATURE;

RIVERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; SPRING WATER; STREAMFLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; PEAK DISTRICT; RIVER DOVE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896690113     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9842     Document Type: Article

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