Use of tree ring reconstructed streamflows to assess drought
The reconstruction of past streamflow events is of great interest to the water resources engineer to obtain the best possible estimates of extreme flow conditions for investment, decision making, and design. The tree ring data offer a unique way of addressing this problem. The pattern of growth ring...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/l05-069 2023-12-17T10:26:56+01:00 Use of tree ring reconstructed streamflows to assess drought Bonin, David V Burn, Donald H 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l05-069 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/l05-069 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering volume 32, issue 6, page 1114-1123 ISSN 0315-1468 1208-6029 General Environmental Science Civil and Structural Engineering journal-article 2005 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/l05-069 2023-11-19T13:39:14Z The reconstruction of past streamflow events is of great interest to the water resources engineer to obtain the best possible estimates of extreme flow conditions for investment, decision making, and design. The tree ring data offer a unique way of addressing this problem. The pattern of growth rings of a tree reflects the environmental conditions experienced during each year. Tree rings are produced annually and can be precisely and reliably linked to climatic variations, which makes them ideal for correlation with annual climatic records. This paper demonstrates the utility of using the methods of dendroclimatology, the study of climate through tree rings, to extend streamflow records. The techniques developed were applied to the Athabasca River at Athabasca. The results reveal considerable benefits from the reconstruction through more precise, and more extreme, estimates of drought quantiles.Key words: drought, tree ring data, reconstruction, extreme flow quantiles, frequency analysis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Athabasca River Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Athabasca River Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 32 6 1114 1123 |
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The reconstruction of past streamflow events is of great interest to the water resources engineer to obtain the best possible estimates of extreme flow conditions for investment, decision making, and design. The tree ring data offer a unique way of addressing this problem. The pattern of growth rings of a tree reflects the environmental conditions experienced during each year. Tree rings are produced annually and can be precisely and reliably linked to climatic variations, which makes them ideal for correlation with annual climatic records. This paper demonstrates the utility of using the methods of dendroclimatology, the study of climate through tree rings, to extend streamflow records. The techniques developed were applied to the Athabasca River at Athabasca. The results reveal considerable benefits from the reconstruction through more precise, and more extreme, estimates of drought quantiles.Key words: drought, tree ring data, reconstruction, extreme flow quantiles, frequency analysis. |
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Use of tree ring reconstructed streamflows to assess drought |
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Use of tree ring reconstructed streamflows to assess drought |
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