Potential climate change impacts on water resources in the Great Plains

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1443-1454

  Ojima, Dennis ^a   Garcia, Luis ^b   Elgaali, E ^b   Miller, Kathleen ^c   Kittel, Timothy G F ^c   Lackett, Jill ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural hydrology; Aquatic ecosystems; Climate change impacts; Water demand; Water management; Water supply

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; SNOW; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033369893     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04228.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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