Analysis of climatic states and atmospheric circulation patterns that influence québec spring streamflows

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 411-425

  Sveinsson, Oli G B ^a,b   Lall, Upmanu ^c   Gaudet, Jocelyn ^d   Kushnir, Yochanan ^e   Zebiak, Steve ^b   Fortin, Vincent ^d,f  

^a National Power Company   (Iceland)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

^d HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Climatic changes; Seasonal variations; Snow; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; STREAM FLOW;

ANNUAL STREAMFLOW FORECASTING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSES; ZONAL ATMOSPHERIC FLUXES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; STREAM FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 43949093762     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2008)13:6(411)     Document Type: Article

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