The response of Iberian rivers to the North Atlantic Oscillation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2581-2597

  Lorenzo Lacruz, J ^a   Vicente Serrano, S M ^a   Lopez Moreno J I ^a   Gonzalez Hidalgo J C ^b   Moran Tejeda E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MOVING-WINDOW; NON-STATIONARITIES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POTENTIAL CHANGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SUBBASINS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LANDFORMS; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

CORRELATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 80052042876     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2581-2011     Document Type: Article

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