Sensitivity of a high-elevation Rocky Mountain watershed to altered climate and CO2

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-99

  Baron, Jill S ^a,b   Hartman, Melannie D ^b   Band, L E ^c   Lammers, R B ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033988876     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900263     Document Type: Article

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