Pacific Northwest regional assessment: The impacts of climate variability and climate change on the water resources of the Columbia River Basin

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 399-420

  Miles, Edward L ^a   Snover, Amy K ^a   Hamlet, Alan F ^b   Callahan, Bridget ^c   Fluharty, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate sensitivity and vulnerability; Climate variability; Columbia River Basin; Hydroclimatology; Integrated regional assessment; Long term water resources planning; Management adaptability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034104028     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2000.tb04277.x     Document Type: Article

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