Long-term simulations of discharge and floods in the Amazon Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Coe, Michael T ^a   Costa, Marcos Heil ^b   Botta, Aurélie ^a   Birkett, Charon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

1833 Hydrology: Hydroclimatology; 1860 Hydrology: Runoff and streamflow; 3322 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Land atmosphere interactions; 9360 Information Related to Geographic Region: South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448994087     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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