Statistical relations of precipitation and stream runoff for El Niño and la Niña periods, Texas Hill Country

Texas Water Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Slade, Raymond M ^b   Chow, T Edwin ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

drought; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; floods; Texas Hill Country

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969327068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21605319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21423/twj.v2i1.3665     Document Type: Article

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