Summer low flows in New England during the 20th Century

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 403-411

  Hodgkins, Glenn A ^a   Dudley, Robert W ^a   Huntington, Thomas G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic variability and change; Hydroclimatology; Low flows; New England; Seasonal streamflow; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RIVERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; RECESSIONAL FLOWS; RIVER FLOWS;

WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LOW FLOW; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18444394973     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03744.x     Document Type: Article

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