Attribution of the river flow growth in the Plata Basin

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2234-2248

  Doyle, Moira E ^a,b   Barros, Vicente R ^a,b  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Land use change; Plata Basin; Precipitation; River flow; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATURAL FORESTS; NORTHERN BASINS; PARAGUAY; PLATA BASIN; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; THREE PHASIS; TOTAL RAINFALL; TRENDS; URUGUAY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DEFORESTATION; EVAPORATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

LAND USE;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EVAPORATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW;

DEFORESTATION; EVAPORATION; LAND USE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION; RAIN; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

BRAZIL; PARAGUAY BASIN; PARANA; RIO DE LA PLATA;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 82355192118     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2228     Document Type: Article

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