Methods for detecting change in hydrochemical time series in response to targeted pollutant mitigation in river catchments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 514, Issue , 2014, Pages 297-312

  Lloyd, C E M ^a   Freer, J E ^a   Collins, A L ^b,c   Johnes, P J ^c   Jones, J I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change detection; Hydrochemical time series; Non parametric; Parametric; Trend; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RUNOFF; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHANGE DETECTION; HYDROCHEMICALS; NON-PARAMETRIC; PARAMETRIC; TREND; WAVELET;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 84899826588     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.04.036     Document Type: Article

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