Present-day and future contributions of glacier runoff to summertime flows in a Pacific Northwest watershed: Implications for water resources

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Nolin, Anne W ^a   Phillippe, Jeff ^a   Jefferson, Anne ^b   Lewis, Sarah L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA RATIOS; COLUMBIA RIVER; GLACIER HYDROLOGY; GLACIER RECESSION; GLACIER RUNOFF; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; INDEX MODELS; LOCAL SCALE; MODEL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MODEL SIMULATION; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SIMULATION RESULT; STABLE ISOTOPE DATA; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

GLACIERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

CASCADE RANGE; COLUMBIA RIVER; MOUNT HOOD; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649956060     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008968     Document Type: Article

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