The water balance of the Susquehanna River Basin and its response to climate change

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 7-19

  Najjar, R G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General circulation models; Global change; Numerical models; Susquehanna River Basin; Water balance

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; WATER BALANCE EQUATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033045970     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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