Long-range climate forecasting and its use for water management in the Pacific Northwest region of North America

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-182

  Hamlet, Alan F ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate forecasting; Climate modeling; Downscaling; ENSO; Hydrologic modeling; PDO; Streamflow forecasting; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012779441     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: 14651734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2000.0015     Document Type: Article

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