Evaluating the effect of persistence on long-term trends and analyzing step changes in streamflows of the continental United States

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 517, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-53

  Sagarika, Soumya ^a   Kalra, Ajay ^b   Ahmad, Sajjad ^a  

^a University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Persistence; Shift; Streamflow; Trend detection

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; TESTING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; HYDROLOGIC REGIONS; PERSISTENCE; SHIFT; STREAMFLOW PATTERNS; TREND DETECTION; UPPER MISSISSIPPI; LONG-TERM TREND; STEP CHANGES;

STREAM FLOW;

AUTUMN; CLIMATE VARIATION; FIELD; HYDROLOGY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW; SUMMER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WINTER; PERSISTENCE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MIDWEST; MISSISSIPPI; MISSOURI; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; TENNESSEE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904880643     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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