Contrasting lumped and distributed hydrology models for estimating climate change impacts on California watersheds

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1024-1035

  Maurer, Edwin P ^a   Brekke, Levi D ^b   Pruitt, Tom ^b  

^a Santa Clara University   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability change; Recharge; Runoff; Surface water hydrology

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE VARIABILITY/CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; EXTREME FLOWS; GLOBAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; HYDROLOGY MODELS; LOW FLOW; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL FORMULATION; PHYSICALLY BASED; RECHARGE; SIERRA NEVADA; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; LOW FLOW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RECHARGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957060644     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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