Investigation and Modeling of winter streamflow timing and magnitude under changing climate conditions for the Catskill Mountain region, New York, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3289-3301

  Zion, Mark S ^a   Pradhanang, Soni M ^b   Pierson, Donald C ^a   Anandhi, Aavudai ^b   Lounsbury, David G ^a   Matonse, Adao H ^b   Schneiderman, Elliot M ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Catskill Mountains; Climate change; Streamflow timing; Trend analysis; Watershed modelling

Indexed keywords

CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; CHANGING CLIMATE; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; NEW YORK , USA; NEW YORK CITY; NEW YORK STATE; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SNOWMELT; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOURCE AREA; STREAM-FLOW EVENTS; STREAMFLOW TIMING; SWAT MODEL; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BALANCE; WATER QUALITY MODELS; WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIRS; WATERSHED MODELLING; WINTER STREAMFLOW;

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED; WINTER;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053227254     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8174     Document Type: Article

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