Assessment of flow regime alterations over a spectrum of temporal scales using wavelet-based approaches

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3317-3338

  Wu, Fu Chun ^a   Chang, Ching Fu ^a   Shiau, Jenq Tzong ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

flow regime alteration; temporal scale; wavelet analysis; wavelet power spectrum

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; POWER SPECTRUM; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WEIRS;

FLOW REGIMES; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATIONS; NATURAL FLOW REGIME; RESERVOIR SYSTEMS; RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS; TEMPORAL SCALE; WAVELET POWER SPECTRA; WAVELET-BASED APPROACH;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; FLOW PATTERN; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; RESERVOIR; TRIBUTARY; WAVELET; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

FEITSUI RESERVOIR; TAIWAN;

EID: 85027931356     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016595     Document Type: Article

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