Assessment of contemporary Arctic river runoff based on observational discharge records

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D4, 2001, Pages 3321-3334

  Lammers, Richard B ^a   Shiklomanov, Alexander I ^a,b   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^a,c   Fekete, Balázs M ^a,c   Peterson, Bruce J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035094381     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900444     Document Type: Article

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