A comparison of delta change and downscaled GCM scenarios for three mountainous basins in the United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 387-397

  Hay, Lauren E ^a   Wilby, Robert L ^b   Leavesley, George H ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; General Circulation Model; Precipitation runoff modeling; Surface water hydrology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MOUNTAIN REGION; PREDICTION; RIVER BASIN;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034107963     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2000.tb04276.x     Document Type: Article

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