Causes of change in 20th century global river discharge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Gerten, Dieter ^a   Rost, Stefanie ^a   von Bloh, Werner ^a   Lucht, Wolfgang ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; MILITARY OPERATIONS; WATER;

20TH CENTURIES; DATA SETS; DECADAL VARIABILITIES; GLOBAL WATER CYCLES; HYDROLOGY MODELS; LAND COVERS; NORTH AMERICA; RECENT TRENDS; RIVER DISCHARGES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; LAND COVER; RIVER DISCHARGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VEGETATION;

EID: 58249090396     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035258     Document Type: Article

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