Observed Sacramento Basin streamflow response to precipitation and temperature changes and its relevance to climate impact studies

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 209-223

  Risbey, James S ^a,c   Entekhabi, Dara ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN STUDY; CLIMATE IMPACT; PRECIPITATION; STREAMFLOW RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO BASIN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

ANNUAL MEAN STREAMFLOW; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEAN SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; SACRAMENTO BASIN;

STREAM FLOW;

EID: 0030587630     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02984-2     Document Type: Article

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