Shifting discharge peaks in arctic rivers, 1977-2007

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-296

  Overeem, Irina ^a   Syvitski, James P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic rivers; Floods; Global change; Hydrology; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOOD; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOWMELT;

EID: 77954166497     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2010.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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