The role of winter precipitation and temperature on northern Eurasian streamflow trends

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Troy, Tara J ^a   Sheffield, Justin ^b   Wood, Eric F ^b  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

20TH CENTURY; ARCTIC OCEAN; COLD SEASON PRECIPITATION; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; MODEL PREDICTION; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NORTHERN EURASIA; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL SNOWPACK; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL SCALE; TIME-PERIODS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

RUNOFF;

FRESHWATER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WINTER;

EURASIA;

EID: 84858847537     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016208     Document Type: Article

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