Power of teleconnection patterns on precipitation and streamflow variability of upper Medjerda Basin

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-76

  Ouachani, Rim ^a   Bargaoui, Zoubeida ^a   Ouarda, Taha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Mediterranean; Precipitation; Teleconnections; Variability; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE; MEDITERRANEAN; TELECONNECTIONS; VARIABILITY; WAVELET;

RAIN;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW; TELECONNECTION; TIME SERIES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDJERDA BASIN; TUNISIA;

EID: 84871622759     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3407     Document Type: Article

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