Climate change in the Fraser River watershed: Flow and temperature projections

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 230-244

  Morrison, John ^a,c   Quick, Michael C ^b   Foreman, Michael G G ^c  

^a Vynx Design Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fish; Fraser River; Runoff; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

WATER TEMPERATURE;

WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW MODELING; RIVER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0037054653     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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