Global streamflows - Part 1: Characteristics of annual streamflows

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 347, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 243-259

  McMahon, Thomas A ^a   Vogel, Richard M ^b   Peel, Murray C ^a   Pegram, Geoffrey G S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Global hydrology; Global rivers; Global streamflow characteristics; Global streamflow data

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DATA ACQUISITION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS;

GLOBAL HYDROLOGY; GLOBAL RIVERS; GLOBAL STREAMFLOW CHARACTERISTICS; GLOBAL STREAMFLOW DATA;

STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS; DATA ACQUISITION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROLOGY; SKEWNESS; STREAMFLOW; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36248931054     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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