Climatic change and U.S. water resources: From modeled watershed impacts to national estimates

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-148

  Hurd, Brian H ^a   Callaway, Mac ^b   Smith, Joel ^c   Kirshen, Paul ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economics; Impacts; Management; Modeling; Watershed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

WATER ALLOCATION; WATER SCARCITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; MODELING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

EID: 1842527398     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01015.x     Document Type: Review

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