Human influence on increasing Arctic river discharges

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Wu, Peili ^a   Wood, Richard ^a   Stott, Peter ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; RIVER DISCHARGES; RIVER FLOW; RIVER RUNOFFS;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 16344389402     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021570     Document Type: Article

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