Independent effects of temperature and precipitation on modeled runoff in the conterminous United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  McCabe, Gregory J ^a   Wolock, David M ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; GRID CELLS; MODEL OUTPUTS; SEPARATE EFFECTS; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

RUNOFF; TIME SERIES;

TEMPERATURE;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; WATER BUDGET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 81755171975     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010630     Document Type: Article

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