Characteristics in streamflow and extremes in the Tarim River, China: Trends, distribution and climate linkage

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 761-776

  Wang, Huaijun ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a   Li, Weihong ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate indices; Extremes; Mean streamflow; Tarim River Basin; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE INDEX; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUMULATIVE SUM CONTROL CHARTS; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREMES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; TARIM RIVER BASIN; WAVELET POWER SPECTRA;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84926183513     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4020     Document Type: Article

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