The seasonal nature of extreme hydrological events in the northeastern United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2065-2085

  Frei, Allan ^a   Kunkel, Kenneth E ^b   Matonse, Adao ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Hydrology; Hydrometeorology; Multidecadal variability; Water budget

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947564123     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0237.1     Document Type: Article

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