Groundwater dynamics mediate low-flow response to global warming in snow-dominated alpine regions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Tague, Christina ^a   Grant, Gordon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; FLOW RESPONSE; GEOLOGICAL FACTORS; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; MONITORING NETWORK; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; TEMPORAL PATTERN; VOLCANIC ARC; WATER LOSS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MONITORING SYSTEM; MOUNTAIN; SNOW; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATERSHED;

CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA; PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249093376     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007179     Document Type: Article

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