Tree ring reconstructions of streamflow for three Canadian Prairie rivers

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 703-716

  Case, Roslyn A ^a   MacDonald, Glen M ^b  

^a McDaniel Lambert Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canadian Prairies; Climate change; Dendrochronology; Drought; Paleohydrology; Saskatchewan River system; Streamflow; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

WATER POLICY;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; STREAMFLOW;

CANADA;

EID: 0041859601     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb03686.x     Document Type: Article

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