Oceanic-atmospheric modes of variability and their influence on riverine input to coastal Louisiana and Mississippi

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 396, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 72-81

  Sanchez Rubio, Guillermo ^a   Perry, Harriet M ^a   Biesiot, Patricia M ^b   Johnson, Donald R ^a   Lipcius, Romuald N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Mississippi River flow; North Atlantic Oscillation; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Pascagoula River flow

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOW; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PASCAGOULA RIVER FLOW; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; PASCAGOULA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650171561     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.034     Document Type: Article

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