Past and future changes in climate and hydrological indicators in the US Northeast

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-407

  Hayhoe, Katharine ^a   Wake, Cameron P ^b   Huntington, Thomas G ^c   Luo, Lifeng ^d   Schwartz, Mark D ^e   Sheffield, Justin ^d   Wood, Eric ^d   Anderson, Bruce ^f   Bradbury, James ^g   DeGaetano, Art ^h   Troy, Tara J ^d   Wolfe, David ⁱ  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^h Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846309239     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0187-8     Document Type: Article

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