Coupled modelling of glacier and streamflow response to future climate scenarios

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Stahl, K ^a,b   Moore, R D ^a   Shea, J M ^a   Hutchinson, D ^c   Cannon, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GREENHOUSE GASES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STREAM FLOW;

GLACIER MELT; GLACIER RETREAT;

GLACIERS;

CALIBRATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GLACIERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MASS BALANCE; SNOWMELT;

BRIDGE RIVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 41149156832     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR005956     Document Type: Article

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