Watershed responses to climate change at Glacier National Park

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 755-765

  Fagre, Daniel B ^a   Comanor, Peter L ^a   White, Joseph D ^b   Hauer, F Richard ^c   Running, Steven W ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Climate change; Ecological modeling; RHESSys model; Snow and ice hydrology; Watershed monitoring; Wildland hydrology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PARKS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; REGIONAL HYDRO ECOSYSTEM SIMULATION SYSTEM (RHESSYS) MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE; MODELING; WATERSHED;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK; MONTANA; USA;

EID: 0031214314     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb04103.x     Document Type: Article

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