Hydrological response to climate variability at different time scales: A study in the Ebro basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 477, Issue , 2013, Pages 175-188

  Lopez Moreno J I ^a   Vicente Serrano, S M ^a   Zabalza, J ^a   Begueria S ^b   Lorenzo Lacruz, J ^a   Azorin Molina, C ^a   Moran Tejeda E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dams; Ebro basin; Snow; Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI); Standardized streamflow index (SSI)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; EBRO BASIN; EBRO RIVER BASIN; GROUNDWATER RESERVES; HEAD WATERS; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND COVER; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; NORTHEAST SPAIN; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL FACTORS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION INDEX (SPEI); STANDARDIZED STREAMFLOW INDICES; SUBBASINS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIME-SCALES;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; DAMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INDEX METHOD; LAND COVER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW; TIMESCALE;

EBRO BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84871516900     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.028     Document Type: Article

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