Some aspects of the hydroclimatology of the Quesnel River Basin, British Columbia, Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1529-1536

  Burford, Jason E ^a,c   Déry, Stephen J ^a   Holmes, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Hydroclimatology; Quesnel River; River discharge; Snow

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURES; ANNUAL MEANS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CLIMATE DATUM; CLIMATE INDICES; ELEVATION GRADIENTS; HYDROCLIMATOLOGY; LONG-TERM TRENDS; MANN-KENDALL TESTS; MEAN ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURES; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUESNEL RIVER; RIVER BASINS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER RUNOFFS; SNOW DEPTHS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; WATER YEARS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUESNEL BASIN;

EID: 65449142415     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7253     Document Type: Article

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