Effects of climate change on hydrology and water resources in the Columbia River Basin

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1597-1623

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; ColSim Water Resources Model; Columbia River; Hydrology; National Assessment of Climate Change; Snow pack; VIC Hydrology Model; Water budgets; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SNOW;

SNOW PACK;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER RESOURCE;

COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

SERPENTES;

EID: 0033370059     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04240.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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