Implications of 21st century climate change for the hydrology of Washington State

Climatic Change

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 225-260

  Elsner, Marketa M ^a   Cuo, Lan ^b   Voisin, Nathalie ^c   Deems, Jeffrey S ^d   Hamlet, Alan F ^a,c   Vano, Julie A ^c   Mickelson, Kristian E B ^e   Lee, Se Yeun ^c   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e US Army Corps of Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RUNOFF; COLUMBIA RIVER; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; OVER WATER; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PUGET SOUND; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW TIMINGS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WASHINGTON; WASHINGTON STATE; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATERSHED;

COLUMBIA RIVER; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YAKIMA RIVER;

EID: 77956876970     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9855-0     Document Type: Article

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