The effects of climate change and urbanization on the runoff of the Rock Creek basin in the Portland metropolitan area, Oregon, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 805-815

  Franczyk, Jon ^a   Chang, Heejun ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Land use scenario; Oregon; Runoff; SWAT; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

ANNUAL RUNOFFS; ARCVIEW; AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LAND COVERS; LAND-COVER CHANGES; LAND-USE SCENARIO; OREGON; OREGON , USA; PACIFIC NORTHWESTS; PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREAS; RESOURCE MANAGERS; RESOURCE POLICIES; RUNOFF DEPTHS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; STUDY AREAS; SWAT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTHS; URBANIZATION;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RUNOFF; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62249166502     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7176     Document Type: Article

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