Florida river flow patterns and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 598-616

  Kelly, Martin H ^a   Gore, James A ^b  

^a Southwest Florida Water Management District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMO; Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; Environmental flows; Hydrographic patterns; Minimum flows

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DECADAL VARIATION; FLOW PATTERN; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 47249092250     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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