Changes in Catchment-Scale Recession Flow Properties in Response to Permafrost Thawing in the Yukon River Basin

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2138-2145

  Lyon, Steve W ^a   Destouni, Georgia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Permafrost; Recession flow analysis; Yukon river basin

Indexed keywords

ALASKA , USA; CATCHMENT SCALE; EFFECTIVE DEPTH; FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; LOCAL SCALE; RECESSION FLOW ANALYSIS; RIVER BASINS; YUKON RIVER BASIN;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RIVERS; RUNOFF; THAWING; WATERSHEDS;

PERMAFROST;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PERMAFROST; STREAMFLOW; THAWING; WATER FLOW;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; YUKON BASIN;

EID: 77749331921     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1993     Document Type: Article

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