Global streamflows - Part 3: Country and climate zone characteristics

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 347, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 272-291

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate zones; Country; Global hydrology; Global rivers; Reservoir capacity yield characteristics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RELIABILITY THEORY; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CLIMATE ZONES; GLOBAL HYDROLOGY; GLOBAL RIVERS; RESERVOIR CAPACITY-YIELD CHARACTERISTICS;

STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RELIABILITY THEORY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW;

DATA SET; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROLOGY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; STREAMFLOW;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SAHEL [ERITREA]; SCANDINAVIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 36248944572     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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