Changes in Continental Freshwater Discharge from 1948 to 2004

• Main Authors: Dai, Aiguo, Qian, Taotao, Trenberth, Kevin E., Millliman, John D.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2009
• Subjects: Freshwater; Streamflow; Precipitation; Rivers; Runoff; Physical Sciences Peer-Reviewed Articles; Fresh Water Studies; Arctic; Pacific; Indian; Uruguay; Yenisey
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/1968; https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JCLI2592.1; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/2966/viewcontent/2008jcli2592_1.pdf

A new dataset of historical monthly streamflow at the farthest downstream stations for the world’s 925 largest ocean-reaching rivers has been created for community use. Available new gauge records are added to a network of gauges that covers ∼80 × 106 km2 or ∼80% of global ocean-draining land areas...