Streamflow timing of mountain rivers in Spain: Recent changes and future projections

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 517, Issue , 2014, Pages 1114-1127

  Morán Tejeda, Enrique ^a,c   Lorenzo Lacruz, Jorge ^b   López Moreno, Juan Ignacio ^c   Rahman, Kazi ^d   Beniston, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Iberian mountains; Peak flows; Snowmelt; Streamflow timing

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TIMING CIRCUITS; WATER LEVELS;

CLIMATE WARMING; IBERIAN MOUNTAINS; PEAK FLOWS; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW TIMINGS;

STREAM FLOW;

MOUNTAIN STREAM; PEAK FLOW; RIVER; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; WARMING; WATER LEVEL;

IBERIAN CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

EID: 84904402834     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.06.053     Document Type: Article

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