Climate change impacts on maritime mountain snowpack in the Oregon Cascades

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2581-2597

  Sproles, E A ^a,c   Nolin, A W ^a   Rittger, K ^b   Painter, T H ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EFFICIENCY COEFFICIENT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SEASONAL SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK ACCUMULATION; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; WATER SUPPLY;

SNOW;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOACCUMULATION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLUME; WATER SUPPLY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER DEMAND;

MCKENZIE RIVER; OREGON; UNITED STATES; MCKENZIE BASIN;

EID: 84880156435     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-2581-2013     Document Type: Article

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