Estimated impacts of climate warming on California water availability under twelve future climate scenarios

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1027-1038

  Zhu, Tingju ^a   Jenkins, Marion W ^a   Lund, Jay R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Climate change; Precipitation; Runoff; Temperature; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE WARMING; HYDROLOGIC ESTIMATES; TIME SERIES;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; STREAMFLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STORAGE;

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

EID: 26644461672     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03783.x     Document Type: Article

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