Global pattern of trends in streamflow and water availability in a changing climate

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7066, 2005, Pages 347-350

  Milly, P C D ^a   Dunne, K A ^a   Vecchia, A V ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STREAM FLOW; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER;

GLOBAL WATER CYCLE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; STREAMFLOW;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; LATITUDE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SIMULATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREAM (RIVER); WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 27844519343     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04312     Document Type: Article

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