Importance of long-term cycles for predicting water level dynamics in natural lakes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Molinos, Jorge García ^a,b,c   Viana, Mafalda ^a,d   Brennan, Michael ^a,e   Donohue, Ian ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BAYESIAN HARMONIC REGRESSION MODEL; IRELAND; LAKE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER CYCLE; WATER LEVEL DYNAMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; IRELAND; LAKES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS; WATER CYCLE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84924359417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119253     Document Type: Article

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