Intra-to multidecadal variations of snowpack and streamflow records in the andes of Chile and Argentina between 30° and 37°S

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 822-831

  Masiokas, Mariano H ^a   Villalba, Ricardo ^a   Luckman, Brian H ^b   Mauget, Steven ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CHILE;

EID: 77955497244     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1191.1     Document Type: Article

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