Spatial and temporal patterns in conterminous United States streamflow characteristics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 6889-6897

  McCabe, Gregory J ^a   Wolock, David M ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

conterminous United States; spatiotemporal variability; streamflow

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GAGES;

CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; REFERENCE STREAMS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL COHERENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRENDS OVER TIME;

STREAM FLOW;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911197306     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061980     Document Type: Article

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