Groundwater level response in U.S. principal aquifers to ENSO, NAO, PDO, and AMO

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 1939-1952

  Kuss, Amber Jean M ^a   Gurdak, Jason J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMO; Climate variability; ENSO; Groundwater; NAO; PDO

Indexed keywords

AMO; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENSO; NAO; PDO;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 84908192043     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.09.069     Document Type: Article

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