Large-scale climatic influences on precipitation and discharge for a British river basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2555-2563

  Lavers, David ^a,b   Prudhomme, Christel ^a   Hannah, David M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discharge; Great britain; Large scale climate; North atlantic oscillation; Precipitation; River dyfi

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; GREAT BRITAIN; LARGE-SCALE CLIMATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORRELATION METHODS; OSCILLATING FLOW; SEA LEVEL; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

DYFI RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 77955609844     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7668     Document Type: Article

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