Extreme climatic events in the Amazon basin

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 73-85

  Marengo, Jose Antonio ^a   Tomasella, Javier ^a   Soares, Wagner R ^a   Alves, Lincoln M ^a   Nobre, Carlos A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; FLOODING; NEW RECORD; PEAK DISCHARGE; TRIBUTARY; WATER LEVEL;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 84855555674     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0465-1     Document Type: Article

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