On the hydrologic adjustment of climate-model projections: The potential pitfall of potential evapotranspiration

Earth Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Milly, P C D ^a   Dunne, Krista A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrologic model; Potential evapotranspiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551578899     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010EI363.1     Document Type: Article

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