Satellite-based global-ocean mass balance estimates of interannual variability and emerging trends in continental freshwater discharge

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 42, 2010, Pages 17916-17921

  Syed, Tajdarul H ^a,b   Famiglietti, James S ^a   Chambers, Don P ^c   Willis, Josh K ^d   Hilburn, Kyle ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Global water cycle; Hydrology; Observations; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGY; OCEAN MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78149240554     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003292107     Document Type: Article

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