Hydrologic response of a Hawaiian watershed to future climate change scenarios

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2745-2764

  Safeeq, Mohammad ^a   Fares, Ali ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate Change; DHSVM; Hawaii; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; DHSVM; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGY SOIL VEGETATION MODELS; EMISSION SCENARIO; FUTURE CLIMATE; HAWAII; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF CONDUCTANCES; LEVEL OF CHANGE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATERSHED;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865093954     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8328     Document Type: Article

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