AR4 climate model performance in simulating snow water equivalent over Catskill Mountain watersheds, New York, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3302-3311

  Anandhi, Aavudai ^a   Frei, Allan ^a,b   Pradhanang, Soni M ^a   Zion, Mark S ^c   Pierson, Donald C ^c   Schneiderman, Eliot M ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Evaluation AR4 models; Global climate models; GWLF; Probability based skill score; Snow water equivalent; Temperature based snowmelt algorithm

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS; GWLF; SKILL SCORE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; LANDFORMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PROBABILITY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; WATERSHED;

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

EID: 80053232624     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8230     Document Type: Article

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