Large-scale climate, precipitation and British river flows: Identifying hydroclimatological connections and dynamics

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 395, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 242-255

  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

ERA 40 reanalysis; Large scale climatic circulation; North Atlantic Oscillation; Precipitation; Quasi geostrophic theory; River basin discharge

Indexed keywords

LARGE-SCALE CLIMATIC CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; REANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN DISCHARGE;

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; LOCATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEASONALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649502656     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.036     Document Type: Article

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