Macroscale hydrologic modeling of ecologically relevant flow metrics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Wenger, Seth J ^a,d   Luce, Charles H ^b   Hamlet, Alan F ^c   Isaak, Daniel J ^b   Neville, Helen M ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d USDA Forest Service Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC COMMUNITIES; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE SHIFTS; DRAINAGE BASIN; FISH SPECIES; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; LARGE RIVERS; LOW FLOW; LOWER RESOLUTION; MACRO SCALE; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; REGIONAL SCALE; RUNOFF SIMULATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES; VIC MODEL;

CATCHMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; STREAM FLOW; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; FISH; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957588971     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008839     Document Type: Article

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