Trends in streamflow in the Yukon River Basin from 1944 to 2005 and the influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 371, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 108-119

  Brabets, Timothy P ^a   Walvoord, Michelle A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Permafrost thaw; Streamflow trends; Yukon River

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYERS; ADDITIVE EFFECTS; ANNUAL FLOWS; BASEFLOW; CLIMATE FORCINGS; DRAINAGE BASINS; GLACIER MELTING; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REGIME SHIFTS; RIVER BASINS; SNOW MELTS; SNOWMELT RUNOFFS; STREAM DISCHARGES; STREAMFLOW TRENDS; SUB-SURFACE FLOWS; SUMMER MONTHS; WINTER MONTHS; WINTER PRECIPITATIONS; WINTER STREAMFLOW; YUKON RIVER;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMAFROST; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MECHANICS; STREAM FLOW; THAWING; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; GLACIER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MELTING; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PERMAFROST; STREAMFLOW; THAWING;

ALASKA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUKON BASIN;

EID: 65449182281     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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