Effects of climate change on stream temperature, dissolved oxygen, and sediment concentration in the Sierra Nevada in California

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2765-2782

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

California; climate change; mountains; Sierra Nevada; water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; STREAM TEMPERATURE CHANGES; STREAM TEMPERATURE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOWMELT; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879959812     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20248     Document Type: Article

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