The impact of climatic conditions on seasonal river discharges in Siberia

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 286-295

  Ye, Hengchun ^a   Yang, Daqing ^b   Zhang, Tingjun ^c   Zhang, Xuebin ^d   Ladochy, Steve ^a   Ellison, Mark ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; PERMAFROST; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; LENA RIVER; OB RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YENISEI RIVER;

EID: 1942498837     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0286:TIOCCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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