El Niño-southern oscillation influences on the Mahaweli streamflow in Sri Lanka

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-102

  Zubair, Lareef ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Hydrometeorology; Mahaweli river; Sri Lanka; Streamflow predictions

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATIONS; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0037264445     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.865     Document Type: Article

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