Modeling terrestrial hydrological systems at the continental scale: Testing the accuracy of an atmospheric GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 686-704

  Coe, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS;

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL HYDROLOGICAL ROUTING ALGORITHM; TERRESTRIAL HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM;

HYDROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE;

EID: 0342656237     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0686:MTHSAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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