Recent trends in precipitation and streamflow in the Aconcagua River basin, central Chile

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 318, 2007, Pages 17-38

  Pellicciotti, Francesca ^a   Burlando, Paolo ^a   Van Vliet, Karin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aconcagua River basin; El Ni o events; ENSO; Hydroclimatic variability; Mann Kendall test; SOI; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; STREAM FLOW;

ACONCAGUA RIVER BASINS; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABILITY; MANN-KENDALL TESTS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLACIER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; SNOW COVER; STREAMFLOW;

ACONCAGUA; ANDES; ARGENTINA; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38549138350     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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