Increasing discharge from the Mackenzie River system to the Arctic Ocean

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 150-160

  Rood, Stewart B ^a   Kaluthota, Sobadini ^a   Philipsen, Laurens J ^a   Rood, Neil J ^a   Zanewich, Karen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

empirical trend detection; flow seasonality; Liard River; Peace River

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF WATER; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATING FLOW;

HISTORIC PATTERNS; HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT; NON-PARAMETRIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PEARSON CORRELATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONALITY; TREND DETECTION;

RIVERS;

HYDROMETRY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEASONALITY; TRIBUTARY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; LIARD RIVER; MACKENZIE RIVER [QUEENSLAND]; PEACE RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84983800235     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10986     Document Type: Article

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