A non-uniqueness problem in the identification of power-law spectral scaling for hydroclimatic time series;Un problème de non-unicité dans l'identification de la scalance spectrale des lois de puissance pour des séries chronologiques hydroclimatiques

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-84

  Fleming, Sean W ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

glacier; groundwater; palaeoclimate; persistence; spectrum; streamflow

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; STREAM FLOW;

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; NON-UNIQUENESS PROBLEMS; PALAEOCLIMATE; PERSISTENCE; POWER LAW SCALINGS; PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION; SPECTRUM; STATISTICAL CHANGE DETECTIONS;

TIME SERIES;

FLOW MODELING; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEURISTICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PALEOCLIMATE; POWER LAW; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84900601924     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.851384     Document Type: Article

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