Quantitative assessment of climate change impacts on the hydrology of the North Platte River Watershed, Wyoming

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1071-1083

  Acharya, Anil ^a,b,c   Piechota, Thomas C ^b   Tootle, Glenn ^d  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^c Idaho Water Resources Research Institute   (United States)

^d University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Climate; Global climate models (GCMs); Streamflow; Variable infiltration capacity (VIC)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES; WATER SUPPLY AND DEMANDS;

CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMICS; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; STREAMFLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

NORTH PLATTE BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84875805477     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000543     Document Type: Article

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