Trends and Changes in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change discusses the change detection and trend analysis methods used to assess hydroclimatic variables in a changing climate. Changes and trends in hydroclimatic variables are assessed using state-of-the-art methods, such as non-linear trend estimation (including spline smoothing and local regression) and handling persistence (or serial auto-correlation in data) for assessing trends in different hydroclimatic variables (e.g. pre-whitening methods). This book offers a variety of real-life case studies and problem-solving techniques for a field that is rapidly evolving.
Users will find methods to evaluate points where time series characteristics change and non-homogeneity in time series. In addition, it covers the subject of climate variability and change in an immense level of detail, including changes on precipitation, streamflow and sea levels.
1. Methods for Analysis of Trends and Change Detection in Hydrometeorological Time Series 2. Changes and Trends in Precipitation Extremes and Characteristics: Links to Climate Variability and Change 3. Modelling High Intensity Precipitation for Urban Hydrologic Design 4. Changes in Streamflow with Global Warming - Assessment, Causes and Implications 5. Land-Cover Influenced Changes in Future Hydro-Climatic Variables 6. Detection of Spatio-temporal Changes in Droughts 7. Variations and Trends in Sea Levels
