Sensitivity of stream temperatures in the United States to air temperatures projected under a global warming scenario

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3723-3733

  Mohseni, Omid ^a,b   Erickson, Troy R ^a,b   Stefan, Heinz G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033459473     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900193     Document Type: Article

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