Simulating streamflow and the effects of projected climate change on the Savage River, Maryland, USA

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-43

  Hawkins, Timothy W ^a   Austin, Bradley J ^a  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake bay; Climate change; Hydrologic model; Maryland; Savage river; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863794411     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2012.016     Document Type: Article

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