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Year to year variations in water balance components in the Volga Basin and their interaction

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A method for the assessment of water balance components in a large water basin is discussed. The assessment is based on data on atmospheric precipitation and river runoff. The major components of annual water balance are determined for the Volga Basin for a period of 109 years (from 1892/1893 to 2000/2001). The main statistical characteristics of time series of water balance elements are estimated and their correlation is calculated.

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  1. Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Gubkina 3, Moscow, 119333, Russia

    G. Kh. Ismaiylov & V. M. Fedorov

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Original Russian Text © G. Kh. Ismaiylov, V.M. Fedorov, 2008, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2008, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 259–276.

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Ismaiylov, G.K., Fedorov, V.M. Year to year variations in water balance components in the Volga Basin and their interaction. Water Resour 35, 247–263 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807808030019

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