Hydro-economic consequences of climate change in the upper Rio Grande

Climate Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-118

  Hurd, Brian H ^a   Coonrod, Julie ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydro economic model; Rio Grande; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHES; DELIVERY COSTS; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; GROUNDWATER SUPPLY; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MUNICIPAL SYSTEM; MUNICIPAL WATER; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NEW MEXICO; POPULATION GROWTH; PRICE SPIKE; RIO GRANDE; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; TIME-PERIODS; WATER DEMAND; WATER SCARCITY; WATER USE;

ARID REGIONS; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

NEW MEXICO; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862851403     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01092     Document Type: Article

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