Simulated 21st century changes in regional water balance of the Great Lakes region and links to changes in global temperature and poleward moisture transport

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Kutzbach, John E ^a   Williams, John W ^a   Vavrus, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GLOBAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION; INTERMODEL VARIABILITY; POLEWARD MOISTURE TRANSPORT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER BUDGET;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27544449135     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023506     Document Type: Article

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