An overview of the columbia basin climate change scenarios project: Approach, methods, and summary of key results

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 392-415

  Hamlet, Alan F ^a   Elsner, Marketa McGuire ^b   Mauger, Guillaume S ^c   Lee, Se Yeun ^c   Tohver, Ingrid ^c   Norheim, Robert A ^c  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change scenarios; Columbia River basin; decision support; downscaling; hydrologic extremes; hydrologic modelling; water resources impacts

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWPACK; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW;

COLUMBIA BASIN;

EID: 84883551130     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2013.819555     Document Type: Article

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