Century-long records reveal slight, ecoregion-localized changes in Athabasca River flows

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 805-816

  Rood, Stewart B ^a   Stupple, Geoff W ^a   Gill, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Historic hydrology; Northern rivers; River flow trends

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; OIL SANDS; OSCILLATING FLOW; RIVERS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATHABASCA OIL SANDS PROJECTS; NON-PARAMETRIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PEARSON CORRELATION; RIVER FLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; TREND DETECTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84924335886     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10194     Document Type: Article

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