Interseasonal covariability of Sierra Nevada streamflow and San Francisco Bay salinity

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 164-181

  Dettinger, Michael D ^a   Cayan, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Climate; Estuarine salinity; San Francisco Bay; Sierra Nevada; Surface water flow

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

INTERSEASONAL COVARIABILITY;

STREAM FLOW;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FRESHWATER INPUT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038472434     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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