A step increase in streamflow in the conterminous United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  McCabe, Gregory J ^a   Wolock, David M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ANNUAL MAXIMA; STEP CHANGES; STREAMFLOW STATISTICS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

STREAM FLOW;

EID: 0038404899     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015999     Document Type: Article

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