Response of streamflow to weather variability under climate change in the Colorado rockies

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-72

  Kang, Boosik ^a   Ramírez, Jorge A ^b  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Colorado; Sensitivity analysis; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COUPLED GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGIC MODELING SYSTEM; WEATHER VARIABILITY;

STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PEAK FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMFLOW; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845649504     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2007)12:1(63)     Document Type: Article

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