A global-scale investigation of trends in annual maximum streamflow

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 552, Issue , 2017, Pages 28-43

  Do, Hong X ^a   Westra, Seth ^a   Leonard, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual maximum streamflow; Climate change; Global flood hazard; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FLOODS; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

ANNUAL MAXIMA; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; FLOOD HAZARDS; FOREST COVER CHANGE; NON-PARAMETRIC TRENDS; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; TREND ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; FLOOD DAMAGE; FOREST COVER; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 85021365894     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.06.015     Document Type: Article

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