Interannual variability of annual streamflow and the Southern Oscillation in Costa Rica;Relation entre l'oscillation australe et la variabilité interannuelle des débits au Costa Rica

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 409-424

  George, R K ^a   Waylen, P ^b   Laporte, S ^c  

^a US Embassy   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS;

EL NINO PHENOMENON; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX (SOI);

STREAM FLOW;

SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STREAMFLOW;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032096504     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626669809492135     Document Type: Article

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