Mountain hydrology of the western United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Bales, Roger C ^a   Molotch, Noah P ^b,c   Painter, Thomas H ^b   Dettinger, Michael D ^d   Rice, Robert ^a   Dozier, Jeff ^e  

^a Merced   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HYDROLOGIC FLUXES; SNOW WATER;

HYDROLOGY;

ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENERGY FLUX; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION GROWTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749417352     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004387     Document Type: Article

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