Teleconnection analysis of runoff and soil moisture over the Pearl River basin in southern China

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1475-1492

  Niu, J ^a   Chen, J ^a   Sivakumar, B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES; WATERSHEDS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EXTREME HYDROLOGICAL EVENTS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; PEARL RIVER BASIN; TELECONNECTIONS; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS; WAVELET COHERENCES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INFILTRATION; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; TELECONNECTION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG BASIN;

EID: 84899126075     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-1475-2014     Document Type: Article

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