Trends and Changes in Hydroclimatic Variables

Trends and Changes in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change discusses 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 nonlinear trend estimation (including spline smoothing and local regression) along with 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 evolving very rapidly.

The book explores methods to evaluate points where time series characteristics change and non-homogeneity in time series. This is the only book to cover the subject of climate variability and change in such a great level of detail, including changes on precipitation, streamflow and sea levels.

• Examines statistical methods for trend analysis, providing an excellent reference book for scholars, scientists, students and professionals on state-of-the-art methods in trend analysis and change detection
• Offers an exhaustive treatment of several hydroclimatic variables in one book, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of changes in hydroclimatic variables over time and space
• Presents case studies dealing with changes in hydroclimatic variables in different geographical regions of the world
• Focuses on climate variability and change, including an extensive assessment of trends and their associated links to climate variability and change