Event to multidecadal persistence in rainfall and runoff in southeast Arizona

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Goodrich, D C ^a   Unkrich, C L ^a   Keefer, T O ^a   Nichols, M H ^a   Stone, J J ^a   Levick, L R ^a   Scott, R L ^a  

^a CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GAGES; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ARIZONA; DENSE NETWORKS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES; WALNUT GULCH;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PERSISTENCE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES; WALNUT GULCH;

JUGLANS;

EID: 46049109910     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006222     Document Type: Article

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