Arctic river discharge trends since 7ka BP

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 48-60

  Wagner, A ^a,b   Lohmann, G ^a,b   Prange, M ^b,c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic river discharge; Climate modeling; Eurasian catchment area; Hydrological cycle; Mid holocene; Runoff

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC RIVERS; CLIMATE MODELING; EURASIAN CATCHMENT AREA; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MID-HOLOCENE;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RUNOFF;

RIVERS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPORATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA;

EID: 80053171807     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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