A method for physically based model analysis of conjunctive use in response to potential climate changes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hanson, R T ^a   Flint, L E ^b   Flint, A L ^b   Dettinger, M D ^a,c   Faunt, C C ^a   Cayan, Dan ^a,c   Schmid, Wolfgang ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c San Diego   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CONJUNCTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONJUNCTIVE USE; FULLY INTEGRATED; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER SUPPLY; HYDROLOGIC FLOW; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGIC WATERSHED MODELS; LAND SUBSIDENCE; MODELING SYSTEMS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; REGIONAL WATER BALANCE; RIPARIAN HABITATS; RIVER DELTAS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; WATER DELIVERY; WATER MODELS; WATER SYSTEM; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; ECONOMICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SUBSIDENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SACRAMENTO DELTA; SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856947141     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010774     Document Type: Article

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