High-resolution fields of global runoff combining observed river discharge and simulated water balances

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 15-1-15-10

  Fekete, Balázs M ^a   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^a   Grabs, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 0036770916     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999gb001254     Document Type: Article

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