Pacific and Atlantic sea surface temperature influences on streamflow in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 489, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-179

  Johnson, Nathan T ^a   Martinez, Christopher J ^a   Kiker, Gregory A ^a   Leitman, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMO; Climate variability; ENSO; PDO; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

AMO; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENSO; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PDO; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

STREAM FLOW;

ANNUAL REVIEW; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER BASIN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84876742663     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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