Analysis of watershed topography effects on summer precipitation variability in the southwestern United States

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 511, Issue , 2014, Pages 838-849

  Sohoulande Djebou, Dagbegnon C ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^a,b   Frauenfeld, Oliver W ^b  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Summer precipitation; Variability; Watershed topography

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; VARIABILITY; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS; WATERSHED TOPOGRAPHY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HISTORICAL RECORD; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION; RELIEF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WATERSHED; WEATHER STATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895820807     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.02.045     Document Type: Article

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