Hydroclimatic variability and predictability: A survey of recent research

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 3777-3798

  Koster, Randal D ^a   Betts, Alan K ^b   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^c   Bierkens, Marc ^d   Bennett, Katrina E ^e   Déry, Stephen J ^f   Evans, Jason P ^g   Fu, Rong ^h   Hernandez, Felipe ⁱ   Ruby Leung, L ^j   Liang, Xu ⁱ   Masood, Muhammad ^k   Savenije, Hubert ^l   Wang, Guiling ^m   Yuan, Xing ⁿ  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^j PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^l DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; HYDROLOGY;

HYDROCLIMATIC; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABILITY; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLINGS; RECENT RESEARCHES;

SURVEYS;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DROUGHT; FLOOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RESEARCH;

EID: 85025812108     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-21-3777-2017     Document Type: Article

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