Contemporary estimates of Pan-Arctic freshwater discharge from GRACE and reanalysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Syed, T H ^a   Famiglietti, J S ^a   Zlotnicki, V ^b   Rodell, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GLOBAL WARMING;

FRESHWATER BUDGET; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER STORAGE;

STREAM FLOW;

ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; STREAMFLOW; WATER FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 37249076040     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031254     Document Type: Article

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