Uncertainty in projections of streamflow changes due to climate change in California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Maurer, Edwin P ^a   Duffy, Philip B ^b  

^a Santa Clara University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMAL EFFECTS;

GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; STREAMFLOW CHANGES;

HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; STREAMFLOW;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744365170     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021462     Document Type: Article

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