Sensitivity of river discharge to ENSO

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Ward, Philip J ^a   Beets, Wisse ^a   Bouwer, Laurens M ^a   Aerts, Jeroen C J H ^a   Renssen, Hans ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; DAILY DISCHARGE; DATA SETS; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD DISCHARGE; GLOBAL IMPACTS; HIGH-FLOW EVENTS; PROBLEM AREAS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

STREAM FLOW;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77954390250     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043215     Document Type: Article

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