Relationship between the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation index and variability of mean annual flows for catchments in the St. Lawrence watershed (Quebec, Canada) during the past century

Hydrology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-125

  Assani, Ali A ^a   Landais, David ^a   Mesfioui, Mhamed ^a   Matteau, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatic indices; Correlation analysis; Mean annual flows; Principal component analysis; Quebec; St. Lawrence watershed

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL FLOW; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CLIMATIC INDEX; CONTINENTAL CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEAN ANNUAL FLOWS; NATURAL RIVER; QUEBEC , CANADA; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OSCILLATING FLOW; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CORRELATION; FLOW MODELING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE BASIN;

EID: 77950816129     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2010.055     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Afifi, A. A. & Clark, V. 1996 Computer-Aided Multivariate Analysis, 3rd edition. Chapman and Hall, New York.
2. Anctil, F. & Coulibaly, P. 2004 Wavelet analysis of the interannual variability in Southern Québec streamflow. J. Clim. 17, 163-173.
3. Assani, A. A. & Tardif, S. 2005 Classification, caracté risation et facteurs de variabilité spatiale des régimes hydrologiques naturels au Québec (Canada). Approche Éco- Géographique. Rev. Sci. Eau 18, 247-266.
4. Balling, R. C. & Goodrich, G. B. 2007 Analysis of drought determinants for the Colorado River Basin, Clim. Change 82, 179-194.
5. Bigot, S., Camberlin, P., Moron, V. & Richard, Y. 1997 Structures spatiales de la variabilité des précipitations en Afrique: une transition climatique à la fin des années 1960? CR. Acad. Sci, Paris, Sér. A 324, 81-88.
6. Burn, D. H. 2008 Climatic influences on streamflow timing in the headwaters of the Mackenzie River Basin. J. Hydrol. 352, 225-238.
7. Compagnuci, R. H. & Richman, M. B. 2008 Can principal component analysis provide atmospheric circulation or teleconnection pattern? Int. J. Climatol. 28, 703-726.
8. Cook, E. R., Seager, R., Cane, M. A. & Stahle, D. W. 2007 North American drought: reconstructions, causes, and consequences. Earth Sci. Rev. 81, 93-134.
9. Coulibaly, P. & Burn, D. H. 2004 Wavelet analysis of variability in annual Canadian streamflows. Water Resour. Res. 40, 1-14.
10. Coulibaly, P. & Burn, D. H. 2005 Spatial and temporal variability of Canadian seasonal streamflows. J. Clim. 18, 191-210.
11. Curtis, S. 2008 The Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and extreme daily precipitation over the US and Mexico during the hurricane season. Clim. Dyn. 30, 343-351.
12. Déry, S. J. & Wood, E. F. 2004 Teleconnection between the Arctic Oscillation and Hudson Bay river discharge. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L18 205.
13. Déry, S. J. & Wood, E. F. 2005 Decreasing river in northern Canada. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L10 401.
14. Enfield, D. B., Mestas-Nunez, A. & Trimble, P. J. 2001 The Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and its relation to rainfall and river flows in the continental US. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 2077-2080.
15. Environment Canada 2004 Données sur les débits de rivières. Province du Québec, CD-ROM, Ottawa.
16. Goldenberg, S. B., Landsea, C. W., Mestas-Nuñez, A. M. & Gray, M. W. 2001 The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity: causes and implications. Science 293, 474-479.
17. Goodrich, G. B. 2007 Multidecadal climate variability and drought in the United States. Geogr. Comp. 1-4, 713-738.
18. Gray, S. J., Betancourt, J. L., Fastie, C. L. & Jackson, S. T. 2003 Patterns and sources of multidecadal oscillations in drought-sensitive tree-ring records from the central and southern Rocky Mountains. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, 1316.
19. Hannachi, A., Jolliffe, I. T. & Stephenson, D. B. 2007 Empirical orthogonal function and related techniques in atmospheric science: a review. Int. J. Climatol. 27, 1119-1152.
20. Hidalgo, H. G. 2004 Climate precursors of multidecadal drought variability in the Western United States. Water Resour. Res. 40, 1-10.
21. Hu, Q. & Feng, S. 2008 Variation of the North American summer monsoon regimes and the Atlantic Multidecadal oscillation. J. Clim. 21, 2371-2383.
22. Hudon, C. 2004 Impact of water level fluctuations on St. Lawrence river aquatic vegetation. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54, 2853-2865.
23. Kaiser, H. F. 1960 The application of electronic computers to factor analysis. Educ. Psych. Meas. 20, 141-151.
24. Kelly, M. H. & Gore, J. A. 2008 Florida river flow patterns and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillations. River Res. Appl. 24, 598-616.
25. Kingston, D. G., Lawler, D. M. & McGregor, G. R. 2006a Linkage between atmospheric circulation, climate and streamflow in the northern North Atlantic: research prospects. Prog. Phys. Geogr. 30, 143-174.
26. Kingston, D. G., McGregor, G. R., Hannah, D. M. & Lawler, D. 2006b River flow teleconnections across the northern North Atlantic region. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, L14 705.
27. Knight, J. R., Folland, C. K. & Scaife, A. A. 2006 Climate impacts of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, L17 706.
28. Lamoureux, S. F., Stewart, K. A., Forbes, A. C. & Fortin, D. 2006 Multidecadal variations and decline in spring discharge in the Canadian middle Arctic since 1550 AD. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, L02 403.
29. McCabe, G. J., Palecki, M. A. & Betancourt, J. L. 2004 Pacific and Atlantic Ocean influences on multidecadal drought frequency in the United States. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA. 101, 4136-4141.
30. McCabe, G. J., Betancourt, J. L., Gray, S. T., Palecki, M. A. & Hidalgo, H. G. 2008 Associations of multi-decadal sea-surface temperature variability with US drought. Quart. Intern. 188, 31-40.
31. Ouarda, T. B. M. J., Rasmussen, P. F., Cantin, J.-F., Bobée, B., Laurence, R., Hoang, V. D. & Barabé, G. 1999 Identification d'un réseau hydrométrique pour le suivi des modifications climatiques dans la province de Québec. Rev. Sci. Eau 12, 425-448.
32. Probst, J. L. & Tardy, Y. 1987 Long range streamflow and world continental runoff fluctuations since the beginning of this century. J. Hydrol. 94, 289-311.
33. Quiring, S. M. & Goodrich, G. B. 2008 Nature and causes of the 2002 to 2004 drought in the southwestern United States compared with the historic 1953 to 1957. Climatol. Res. 36, 41-52.
34. Richman, M. B. 1986 Rotation of principal components. Int. J. Climatol. 6, 293-335.
35. Rogers, J. C. & Coleman, J. S. M. 2003 Interactions between the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillations, El Nino/La Nina, and the PNA in winter Mississippi Valley stream flow. Geophy. Res. Lett. 30, L02201.
36. Seagers, R., Kushnir, Y., Herweijer, C., Naik, N. & Velez, J. 2005 Modeling of tropical of persistent droughts and pluvials over Western North America: 1856-2000. J. Clim. 18, 4065-4088.
37. Shabbar, A. & Skinner, W. 2004 Summer drought patterns in Canada and the relationship to global sea surface temperatures. J. Clim. 17, 2866-2880.
38. Siew-Yan-Yu, T. O., Rousselle, J., Jacques, G. & Nguyen, V. T. V. 1998 Régionalisation du régime des précipitations dans la région des Bois-francs et de l'Estrie par l'analyse en composantes principales. Can. J. Civil Eng. 25, 1050-1058.
39. Sneyers, R. 1975 Sur l'analyse statistique des séries d'observations. Note technique no 143. OMM-No 415, Geneva, Switzerland.
40. Sutton, R. T. & Hodson, D. L. R. 2005 Atlantic Ocean forcing of North American and European summer climate. Science 309, 115-118.
41. Thomas, B. E. 2007 Climatic fluctuations and forecasting of streamflow in the lower Colorado River Basin. J. AWRA 43, 1550-1569.
42. Tootle, G. A. & Piechota, T. C. 2006 Relationships between Pacific and Atlantic ocean sea surface temperatures and US streamflow variability. Water Resour. Res. 42, W07411.
43. Tootle, G. A., Piecheto, T. C. & Singh, A. 2005 Coupled oceanic-atmospheric variability and US streamflow. Water Resour. Res. 41, 1-11.
44. Trenberth, K. E. & Branstator, G. W. 1992 Issues in establishing causes of the 1988 drought over North America. J. Clim. 5, 159-172.
45. Vicente-Serrano, S. M. 2005 El Niño and La Niña influence on droughts at different timescales in the Iberian Peninsula. Water Resour. Res. 41, W12 415.
46. Zhang, R. & Delworth, T. L. 2006 Impact of Atlantic multidecadal oscillations on India/Sahel rainfall and Atlantic hurricanes. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, L17 712.