Spatiotemporal influences of ENSO on precipitation and flood pulse in the Mekong River Basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-168

  Räsänen, Timo A ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate variability; ENSO; Flood pulse; Mekong; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENSO; ENSO EVENTS; FLOOD PERIODS; FLOOD PULSE; GIS ANALYSIS; HIGH POTENTIAL; HYDROLOGICAL EVENTS; INFLUENCE OF ENSO; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LINEAR CORRELATION; MEKONG; MEKONG RIVER BASINS; PREDICTION METHODS; REGRESSION MODEL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

FLOODS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT STRESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 84871015203     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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