The water balance climatology of the Mackenzie basin with reference to the 1994/95 water year

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-180

  Louie, P Y T ^a   Hogg, W D ^a   MacKay, M D ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Hopkinson, R F ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOSTATISTICS; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER BUDGET;

CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0036020876     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.400206     Document Type: Article

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