Simulations of historical and future trends in snowfall and groundwater recharge for basins draining to long Island sound

Earth Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 1-35

  Bjerklie, David M ^a   Trombley, Thomas J ^a   Viger, Roland J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Groundwater recharge; Groundwater recharge trends; Snowfall trends; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856994289     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011EI374.1     Document Type: Article

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