Seeing the climate through the trees: Observing climate and forestry impacts on streamflow using a 60-year record

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 473-480

  Burt, T P ^a   Howden, N J K ^b   Mcdonnell, J J ^c,d   Jones, J A ^e   Hancock, G R ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Government and Public Affairs Departments of Economics Geography Agricultural and Consumer Economics Department of Urban and Regional Planning   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ENSO; Forest hydrology; H. J. Andrews; Paired watershed

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FORESTRY; NICKEL; STREAM FLOW; TIMBER; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; ENSO; FOREST HYDROLOGIES; H. J. ANDREWS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; PAIRED WATERSHEDS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STREAMFLOW RESPONSE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LA NINA; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

H.J. ANDREWS EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921310912     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10406     Document Type: Article

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