Understanding the impact of dam-triggered land use/land cover change on the modification of extreme precipitation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Woldemichael, Abel T ^a   Hossain, Faisal ^a   Pielke, Roger ^b   Beltrán Przekurat, Adriana ^b  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; LAND USE; MOISTURE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATERSHEDS;

%MOISTURE; ARTIFICIAL RESERVOIRS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LAND-USE LAND-COVER CHANGES; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION; RIVER BASINS; SURFACE AREA; UPPER BOUND;

DAMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DAM; HUMIDITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; IMPOUNDMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESERVOIR; WATERSHED;

AMERICAN RIVER; CALIFORNIA; FOLSOM LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867206910     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011684     Document Type: Article

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