On the relationship between the Indian summer monsoon and river flow in the Aral Sea basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Schiemann, Reinhard ^a   Glazirina, Mariya G ^a   Schär, Christoph ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MONSOON; RIVER FLOW; ROSSBY-WAVE PROPAGATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

CORRELATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER FLOW; ROSSBY WAVE; RUNOFF;

ARAL SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 34249863610     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028926     Document Type: Article

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