Hydrologic sensitivity of the upper san joaquin river watershed in California to climate change scenarios

Hydrology Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 723-736

  He, Zili ^a,b   Wang, Zhi ^a   Suen, C John ^a   Ma, Xiaoyi ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrological simulation program fortran (HSPF); Mediterranean climate zone; Snowmelt streamflow; Southern sierra nevada

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; SNOWMELT; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; SIMULATION; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884478578     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2012.441     Document Type: Article

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