A Hydrologic Data Screening Procedure for Exploring Monotonic Trends and Shifts in Rainfall and Runoff Patterns

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 928-942

  Chu, Ma Librada ^a   Ghulam, Abduwasiti ^b   Knouft, Jason H ^b   Pan, Zaitao ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homogeneity and consistency; Hydrologic screening; Rainfall runoff relationship; Time series analysis; Trend detection

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; RAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER PUMPING; HOMOGENEITY AND CONSISTENCY; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; PAST AND PRESENT; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RAINFALL AND RUNOFFS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RELATIONSHIP; TREND DETECTION;

RUNOFF;

EID: 84905384052     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12149     Document Type: Article

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