Precipitation in the Colorado River Basin and its low frequency associations with PDO and ENSO signals

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 333, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 252-264

  Cañón, Julio ^a,b   González, Javier ^c   Valdés, Juan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate indices; Frequency analysis; Principal components analysis; Standardized Precipitation Index; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; OSCILLATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE INDICES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; TELECONNECTIONS;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; OSCILLATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COLORADO BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845987564     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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