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Record W2430936639 · doi:10.2166/wst.2002.0151

Detecting climate-related trends in streamflow data

2002· article· en· W2430936639 on OpenAlexaff
Paul Pilon, Sheng Yue

Bibliographic record

VenueWater Science & Technology · 2002
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicHydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Canadian institutionsEnvironment and Climate Change Canada
Fundersnot available
KeywordsStreamflowSelection (genetic algorithm)Environmental scienceTrend analysisClimate changeClimatologyComputer scienceStatisticsMathematicsGeographyCartographyGeologyMachine learning

Abstract

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This paper reviews the results of a number of studies that have investigated streamflow data for the existence of trend. These studies provide evidence that trends in various, but not all, streamflow regimes are occurring at rates that are higher than one might attribute to chance alone. Results of different studies using different approaches were compared and were shown, at times, to have dramatic differences. These differences might potentially be due to pre-conditioning of data prior to trend detection in attempts to minimize the impacts of serial correlation on testing procedures. It was also evident that patterns of trend can vary over small spatial scales and that a relatively high-density network is required to effectively comprehend trend and how it might be altering across an area. A global network of streamflow sites representing pristine or stable conditions is needed to assess patterns of change. Selection criteria for sites within such a network are provided, and it is highlighted that local knowledge is required to perform this selection.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.006
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.016
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.006
Threshold uncertainty score0.030

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0060.016
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0050.004
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.002
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.020
GPT teacher head0.237
Teacher spread0.217 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2002
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