Future dryness in the Southwest US and the hydrology of the early 21st century drought

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 21271-21276

  Cayan, Daniel R ^a,b   Das, Tapash ^a   Pierce, David W ^a   Barnett, Tim P ^a   Tyree, Mary ^a   Gershunova, Alexander ^a  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Regional modeling; Sustainability; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHTS; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78650719620     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912391107     Document Type: Article

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