Estimates of runoff using water-balance and atmospheric general circulation models

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1341-1350

  Wolock, David M ^a   McCabe, Gregory J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Meteorology climatology; Runoff; Surface water hydrology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE WATERS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM); WATER-BALANCE MODEL;

RUNOFF;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 0033370057     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04219.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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