Prediction of spring Elbe discharge Based on stable teleconnections with winter global temperature and precipitation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6215-6226

  Ionita, Monica ^a   Lohmann, Gerrit ^a,b   Rimbu, Norel ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PUMPING PLANTS; SEAWATER; STREAM FLOW; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

BLACK SEAS; CASPIAN SEAS; CATCHMENT AREAS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; INDIAN OCEANS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN CANADA; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SST ANOMALIES; STATISTICAL SCHEMES; STREAMFLOW PREDICTIONS; TELECONNECTION INDICES; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STREAMFLOW; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 60749123072     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2248.1     Document Type: Article

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