Generating streamflow forecasts for the Yakima River Basin using large-scale climate predictors

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 341, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 131-143

  Opitz Stapleton, Sarah ^a,d   Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu ^a,b   Rajagopalan, Balaji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Hydrosphere Resource Consultants Inc   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d Institute for Social and Environmental Transition   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ensemble; Forecast; PNA; Streamflow; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MANDATED BIOLOGICAL FLOWS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CIRCULATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YAKIMA BASIN;

EID: 34447098908     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.03.024     Document Type: Article

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