Five centuries of Upper Indus River flow from tree rings

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 486, Issue , 2013, Pages 365-375

  Cook, Edward R ^a   Palmer, Jonathan G ^b,c   Ahmed, Moinuddin ^d   Woodhouse, Connie A ^e   Fenwick, Pavla ^c   Zafar, Muhammad Usama ^d   Wahab, Muhammad ^d   Khan, Nasrullah ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Gondwana Tree Ring Laboratory   (New Zealand)

^d FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Discharge regime shifts; Semi parametric prediction intervals; Streamflow reconstruction from tree rings; Upper Indus Basin discharge

Indexed keywords

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE REGIMES; PREDICTION INTERVAL; TREE RINGS; UPPER INDUS BASIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; ENTROPY; FOOD PRODUCTION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; IRRIGATION; MELTWATER; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

HINDU KUSH; INDUS RIVER; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84875514574     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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