The Mackenzie GEWEX Study: The Water and Energy Cycles of a Major North American River Basin

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2665-2683

  Stewart, R E ^a   Leighton, H G ^b   Marsh, P ^a   Moore, G W K ^c   Ritchie, H ^a   Rouse, W R ^d   Soulis, E D ^e   Strong, G S ^a   Crawford, R W ^a   Kochtubajda, B ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; ENERGY FLUX; FRESHWATER; HYDROLOGY; WARMING;

CANADA;

EID: 0032449769     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<2665:TMGSTW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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