Hydroclimatic variability and relation with flood events (Southern Québec, Canada)

Water Resources

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-56

  Saint Laurent, Diane ^a   Mesfioui, M ^a   Even, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b Inst Natl Rech Sci G   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE MODELING; FLOODING; GLOBAL WARMING; RECONSTRUCTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 59649106154     PISSN: 00978078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0097807809010047     Document Type: Article

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