Evaluation of statistical methods for quantifying fractal scaling in water-quality time series with irregular sampling

River water-quality time series often exhibit fractal scaling, which here refers to autocorrelation that decays as a power law over some range of scales. Fractal scaling presents challenges to the identification of deterministic trends because (1) fractal scaling has the potential to lead to fal...

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Main Authors: Q. Zhang, C. J. Harman, J. W. Kirchner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-02-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/22/1175/2018/hess-22-1175-2018.pdf