Modeled regional climate change in the hydrologic regions of California: A CO2 sensitivity study

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 591-601

  Snyder, Mark A ^a   Sloan, Lisa C ^a   Bell, Jason L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Climate change; CO2; Meteorology climatology; Modeling; Water demand; Water resources planning

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RIVERS; SNOW; WATER;

HYDROLOGIC REGIONS; PREINDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE;

HYDROLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WATER RESOURCE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544246947     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb04445.x     Document Type: Article

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