Regime-dependent streamflow sensitivities to Pacific climate modes cross the Georgia-Puget transboundary ecoregion

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3264-3287

  Fleming, Sean W ^a   Whitfield, Paul H ^b   Moore, R D ^c   Quilty, Edward J ^a  

^a Aquatic Informatics Inc   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; ENSO; Flow regime; Georgia Basin; PDO; Puget Sound; River discharge; Seasonal; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

EL NIÑO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOW REGIME; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE CIRCULATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION;

STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOREGION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GEORGIA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 37248999362     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6544     Document Type: Article

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