Western US streamflow and atmospheric circulation patterns during El Nino-Southern Oscillation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 249-271

  Piechota, Thomas C ^a   Dracup, John A ^a   Fovell, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation patterns; Cluster analysis; Jackknife analysis; Principal component analysis (PCA); Western US streamflow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; JACKKNIFE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW VARIABILITY;

STREAM FLOW;

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC, (NORTH); USA, (WEST);

EID: 0031581524     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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