Low-frequency variability in southwestern Canadian stream flow: Links with large-scale climate anomalies

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1843-1869

  Gobena, Adam Kenea ^a   Gan, Thian Yew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

El Nino Southern Oscillation; Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO); Pacific North America (PNA); Southern Oscillation Index (SOI); Southwestern Canada; Standardized streamflow anomaly; West Pacific (WP)

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; GLACIERS; SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EL NIÑO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; STANDARDIZED STREAMFLOW ANOMALY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; STREAMFLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 33751020260     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1336     Document Type: Article

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