Macroscale water fluxes: 3. Effects of land processes on variability of monthly river discharge

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 17-1-17-12

  Milly, P C D ^a   Wetherald, R T ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Residence time; Snowmelt; Spectral analysis; Storage; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; RIVERS; SNOW;

FLOW ANOMALIES;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOWMELT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STORAGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0036880535     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000761     Document Type: Article

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