Influences of North Atlantic climate variability on low-flows in the Connecticut River Basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 212-224

  Steinschneider, Scott ^a   Brown, Casey ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Connecticut River; East coast pressure trough; Forecasting; Hydroclimate; North Atlantic Oscillation; North Atlantic Tripole

Indexed keywords

CONNECTICUT RIVER; EAST COAST; HYDROCLIMATE; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRFLOW; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPOSITE; CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RIVER BASIN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STAKEHOLDER; STREAMFLOW; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CONNECTICUT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054053856     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.038     Document Type: Article

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