Hydrologic response and watershed sensitivity to climate warming in California's Sierra Nevada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Null, Sarah E ^a   Viers, Joshua H ^a   Mount, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; FRESH WATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROPOWER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRESH WATER; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN;

EID: 77956303575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009932     Document Type: Article

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