Implications of climate-driven variability and trends for the hydrologic assessment of the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed, Idaho

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 385, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 183-202

  Sridhar, V ^a   Nayak, Anurag ^a  

^a Boise State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Hydrologic cycle; Idaho; Modeling; Reynolds Creek; Snow melt

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATED MODEL; CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE TRENDS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE; ET PROCESS; GROWING SEASON; HYDROCLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; HYDROLOGY MODELS; MACRO SCALE; POINT MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS; REYNOLDS CREEK EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHED; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SNOW MELT; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL WATER STORAGE; SPATIAL EXTENT; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; UNDER WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER YEAR; WATERSHED PROCESS; WATERSHED SCALE;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER; WATERSHEDS; WEIRS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MODEL TEST; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATERSHED;

IDAHO; REYNOLDS CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950857522     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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