Heterogeneous distribution of rainfall and discharge regimes in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1364-1381

  Laraque, Alain ^a   Ronchail, J ^b   Cochonneau, G ^c   Pombosa, R ^d   Guyot, J L ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INAMHI   (Ecuador)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGY; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMAZON BASIN; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38749129141     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JHM784.1     Document Type: Article

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