Long-range forecasts of UK winter hydrology

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Svensson, C ^a   Brookshaw, A ^b   Scaife, A A ^b   Bell, V A ^a   Mackay, J D ^c   Jackson, C R ^c   Hannaford, J ^a   Davies, H N ^a   Arribas, A ^b   Stanley, S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

North Atlantic Oscillation; river flow; seasonal forecast; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BALLOONS; CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; OSCILLATING FLOW; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HYDRO-POWER GENERATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; RIVER FLOW; RIVER FLOW PREDICTION; SEASONAL FORECASTS; UNITED KINGDOM;

FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CATCHMENT; FLOOD; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LONG RANGE FORECAST; METEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POWER GENERATION; PREDICTION; RIVER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84937467985     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/6/064006     Document Type: Article

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