Interpreting discrepancies between discharge and precipitation in high-altitude area of chile's norte chico region (26-32°S)

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Favier, Vincent ^a,b   Falvey, Mark ^c   Rabatel, Antoine ^a   Praderio, Estelle ^a,d   López, David ^a  

^a CEAZA   (Chile)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Division Hydraulique de Riviere   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; GAGES; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RUNOFF; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; SUBLIMATION; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ANNUAL PRECIPITATIONS; ASTER IMAGES; ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTIONS; COASTAL REGIONS; GLACIER INVENTORIES; GLACIER RETREATS; GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEMS; HIGH ALTITUDES; HIGH ELEVATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL BALANCES; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTIONS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION RATES; RAIN GAUGES; REGIONAL CIRCULATION MODELS; REMOTELY SENSED DATUM; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; SNOW EXTENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SUMMER PRECIPITATIONS; SURFACE DATUM;

GLACIERS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ASTER; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DISCHARGE; INVENTORY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBLIMATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

CHILE; NORTE CHICO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 62949235033     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006802     Document Type: Article

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