Mid-century ensemble regional climate change scenarios for the western United States

Climatic Change

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 75-113

  Leung, L Ruby ^a   Qian, Yun ^a   Bian, Xindi ^a   Washington, Warren M ^b   Han, Jongil ^c   Roads, John O ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COASTAL ZONES; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL TESTING; WATER RESOURCES;

GLOBAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL WARMING;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542291450     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000013692.50640.55     Document Type: Review

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