Historical summer base flow and stormflow trends for New England rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Hodgkins, Glenn A ^a   Dudley, Robert W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AUTOMATED METHODS; BASEFLOWS; COASTAL AREA; NATURAL BASINS; NEW ENGLAND; NEW HAMPSHIRE; STORM FLOW; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; SUMMER RAINFALL; VERMONT; WATER TEMPERATURES; WEATHER STATIONS;

COASTAL ZONES; RAIN; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AERODYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BASEFLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM; STREAMFLOW; SUMMER; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER STATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960671145     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009109     Document Type: Article

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