El Niño-southern oscillation and water resources in the headwaters region of the yellow river: Links and potential for forecasting

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1273-1281

  Lu A ^a   Jia, S ^a   Zhu, W ^a   Yan, H ^b   Duan, S ^b   Yao, Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b Qinghai Hydrology and Water Resource Survey Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENSO EVENTS; FORECASTING TOOLS; HEAD WATERS; LAG PERIOD; LEADTIME; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION AND RUNOFF; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; YELLOW RIVER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MODELS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WATER RESOURCES;

CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HEADWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 79955389787     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1273-2011     Document Type: Article

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