The storage and aging of continental runoff in large reservoir systems of the world

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Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 210-219

  Vörösmarty, Charles J ^a   Sharma, Keshav P ^b   Fekete, Balázs M ^b   Copeland, Arthur H ^b   Holden, Jonathan ^b   Marble, John ^b   Lough, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CONSTRUCTION IMPACT; RESERVOR SYSTEM; RIVER SYSTEM; RUNOFF; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 0342981446     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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63. The authors wish to thank Federer, C.A., Meybeck, M., Peterson, B.J. and two anonymous reviewers for providing helpful comments on this manuscript; Hibschmann, T. and Tucker, B. for graphic support; Sheridan, F. and Wright, C. for data entry. This work was funded through the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, NASA's Mission to Planet Earth (grant #NAGW-2669), and the NSF / EPA Water and Watersheds Program (grant #OPP-9524740), and the NSF Climate Dynamics Program (grant #ATM-9707953). This work is dedicated to Castor canadensis.
64. First submitted 10 May 1996. Accepted for publication after revision 24 January 1997.