The Pacific quasi-decadal oscillation (QDO): An important precursor toward anticipating major flood events in the Missouri River Basin?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 991-997

  Wang, Shih Yu ^a   Hakala, Kirsti ^a   Gillies, Robert R ^a   Capehart, William J ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

extreme floods; Missouri River; QDO; teleconnection

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; EXTREME FLOOD; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT SATELLITES; MISSOURI RIVER FLOODS; MISSOURI RIVERS; QDO; QUASI-DECADAL OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTIONS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GROUNDWATER; MODULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

FLOODS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; FLOOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STREAMFLOW; TELECONNECTION; TIMESCALE;

MISSOURI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896750830     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL059042     Document Type: Article

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