Changes in spring snowpack for selected basins in the United States for different climate-change scenarios

Earth Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Mastin, Mark C ^a   Chase, Katherine J ^a   Dudley, R W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Snow water equivalent; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856999216     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010EI368.1     Document Type: Article

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