Diagnostics of Western Himalayan Satluj River flow: Warm season (MAM/JJAS) inflow into Bhakra dam in India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 478, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-147

  Pal, Indrani ^a,b   Lall, Upmanu ^c   Robertson, Andrew W ^b   Cane, Mark A ^d   Bansal, Rajeev ^e  

^a The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e Bhakra Beas Management Board   (India)

Author keywords

Bhakra dam; Diagnostics; JJAS inflow; MAM; Satluj River; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN SIBERIA; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN OCEAN; JJAS INFLOW; MAM; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; NORTH INDIA; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; PRESSURE LEVEL; RIVER FLOW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SIBERIA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WARM SEASONS; WIND VECTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SEA LEVEL; STREAM FLOW;

DAMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; INFLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER FLOW; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BHAKRA DAM; HIMACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; SIBERIA; SUTLEJ RIVER;

EID: 84871718199     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.053     Document Type: Article

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