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Need more information about surface water? Contact the USGS Office of Surface Water at (703)648-5301.

Climatic-Hydrologic Interactions
Please contact Harry Lins with questions.

 

OSW Memos
Hydrologic Implications of El Nino-Southern Oscillation
SW 97.05 Updating the Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN)
SW 96.09 Geographical Reference Data for Modeling and Management Applications
SW 89.15 Final Selection of the Discharge Station Records to be Included in the Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN)

Training
ID3045TC Multivariate Analysis for Hydrological, Biological, and Chemical Data

Data Bases
HCDN Hydro-Climatic Data Network
GREDS GEWEX Continental-scale International Project Reference Data Set
Benchmark Glacier Data Mass balance and climate data for South Cascade, Wolverine, and Gulkana glaciers

References

Dettinger, M.D., Ghil, M., Strong, C.M., Weibel, W., and Yiou, P., 1995, Software expedites singular-spectrum analysis of noisy time series: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 76, p. 12/14/21.

Fountain, A.G., 1992, Automatic system for measuring and recording fluorometry data from multiple sources, South Cascade Glacier, Washington, in Subitzky, Seymour, ed., Selected papers in the hydrologic sciences, 1988-1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2340, p. 39-49.

Fountain, A.G., 1991, Glacier mass-balance standards: Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 72, p. 511, 514.

Fountain, A.G., Krimmel, R.M., and Trabant, D.C., 1996, A strategy for monitoring glaciers: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1132, 20 p.

Jarrett, R.D., 1990, Paleohydrology techniques used to define the spatial occurrence of floods: Geomorphology, v. 3, p. 181-195.

Jarrett, R.D., 1991, Paleohydrology and its value in analyzing floods and droughts: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2375, p. 105-116.

Jenner, C.B., and Lins, H.F., 1991, Climatic atlas of the Delaware River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1392, 134 p.

Lichty, R.W. and Karlinger, M.R., 1990, Climate factor for small-basin flood frequency: Water Resources Bulletin, v. 26, p. 577-586.

Milly, P.C.D., 1990, A refinement of the combination equations for evaporation: Surveys in Geophysics, v. 12, p. 145-154.

Milly, P.C.D., 1993, An analytic solution of the stochastic storage problem applicable to soil water: Water Resources Research, v. 29, p. 3755-3758.

Moss, M.E., 1992, Bayesian relative information measure: a tool for analyzing the outputs of general circulation models: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 97, p. 2743-2755.

Slack, J.R., and Landwehr, J.M., 1992, Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN): A U.S. Geological Survey streamflow data set for the United States for the study of climate variations, 1874-1988: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-129, 193 p.

Slack, J.R., Lumb, A.M., and Landwehr, J.M., 1993, Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN): Streamflow data set, 1874-1988: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076 (CD-ROM).

Vecchia, A.V., 1992, A new method of prediction for spatial regression models with correlated errors: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, ser. B, v. 54, p. 813-830.

Vecchia, A.V., and Ballerini, R., 1991, Testing for periodic autocorrelations in seasonal time series data: Biometrika, v. 78, p. 53-63.

Walker, J.F., 1994, Methods for measuring discharge under ice cover: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, v. 120, p. 1327-1336.

Walters, R.A., 1992, A 3D, finite element model for coastal and estuarine circulation, Continental Shelf Research, v. 12, p. 83-102.

Other Links
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