ENSO and hydrologic extremes in the western United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2881-2893

  Cayan, Daniel R ^a,c   Redmond, Kelly T ^b   Riddle, Laurence G ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Western Regional Climate Center Nevada   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; FLOODS; OSCILLATIONS; RUNOFF; SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033190383     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2881:EAHEIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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