Global runoff anomalies over 1993-2009 estimated from coupled Land-Ocean-Atmosphere water budgets and its relation with climate variability

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3647-3658

  Munier, S ^a   Palanisamy, H ^a   Maisongrande, P ^a   Cazenave, A ^a   Wood, E F ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; INTERTROPICAL ZONES; LAND SURFACE MODELS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WATER STORAGE VARIATION;

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; DIGITAL STORAGE; ESTIMATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EXPANSION;

RUNOFF;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP SEA; DISCHARGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND SURFACE; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; WATER BUDGET; WATER MASS; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 84882763486     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3647-2012     Document Type: Article

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