Effects of projected climate change on the hydrology in the Mono Lake Basin, California

Climatic Change

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-131

  Ficklin, Darren L ^a   Stewart, Iris T ^a   Maurer, Edwin P ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; LAKES; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; MONO LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871297396     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0566-6     Document Type: Article

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