The major discharge events in the Paraguay River: Magnitudes, source regions, and climate forcings

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1161-1170

  Barros, Vicente ^a   Chamorro, Lucas ^b   Coronel, Genaro ^b   Baez, Julián ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Paraguay)

^c Meteorological Service of Paraguay   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE;

PARAGUAY RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144280055     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-378.1     Document Type: Article

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