Global multi-scale segmentation of continental and coastal waters from the watersheds to the continental margins

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2029-2051

  Laruelle, G G ^a   Durr H H ^b,d   Lauerwald, R ^a,c   Hartmann, J ^c   Slomp, C P ^b   Goossens, N ^a   Regnier, P A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR WATER INTERFACES; AVERAGE EMISSION RATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF SEAS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS; LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTISCALE SEGMENTATION; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

CATCHMENTS; ESTUARIES; LANDFORMS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; RUNOFF;

WATERSHEDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYPSOMETRY; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; SEGMENTATION; SHELF SEA; TYPOLOGY; WATERSHED;

EID: 84879092090     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-2029-2013     Document Type: Article

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