Forecasting streamflows in Australia using the tropical Indo-Pacific thermocline as predictor

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 341, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 156-164

  Ruiz, Jose Eric ^a   Cordery, Ian ^a   Sharma, Ashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Medium term forecasting; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MEDIUM TERM FORECASTING; THERMOCLINE;

STREAM FLOW;

FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; PREDICTION; REGRESSION; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; THERMOCLINE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34447108364     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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