River temperature regimes of England and Wales: Spatial patterns, inter-annual variability and climatic sensitivity

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 5583-5598

  Garner, Grace ^a   Hannah, David M ^a   Sadler, Jonathan P ^a   Orr, Harriet G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Basin properties; Climatic sensitivity; Regime classification; River water temperature; Stream water temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GROUNDWATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BASIN PROPERTIES; CLIMATIC SENSITIVITY; RIVER WATER; STREAM WATER;

RIVERS;

EID: 84908048684     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9992     Document Type: Article

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