Twentieth-century trends in runoff, evapotranspiration, and soil moisture in the western United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1468-1486

  Hamlet, Alan F ^a,b   Mote, Philip W ^b   Clark, Martyn P ^c   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SNOWMELT; WINTER TEMPERATURES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247590396     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4051.1     Document Type: Article

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