Columbia River flow and drought since 1750

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1579-1592

  Gedalof, Ze'ev ^a   Peterson, David L ^b   Mantua, Nathan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Columbia River; Dendrochronology; Drought; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Paleohydrology; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; OSCILLATIONS; RUNOFF; STATISTICS; STREAM FLOW;

HYDROLOGIC MODELS; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF PRODUCTION;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; LOW FLOW; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER FLOW; TREE RING;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12244282477     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01607.x     Document Type: Article

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