General-circulation-model simulations of future snowpack in the western United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1473-1484

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

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Meteorology climatology; Snow and ice hydrology; Surface water hydrology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SNOW;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM); SNOWPACK;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; SNOWPACK;

(WEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033382614     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04231.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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