Impacts of postdam land use/land cover changes on modification of extreme precipitation in contrasting hydroclimate and terrain features

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 777-800

  Woldemichael, Abel T ^a   Hossain, Faisal ^a,b   Pielke Sr, Roger ^c  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATOLOGY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TERRAIN; WATERSHED;

OREGON; OWYHEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897999196     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-085.1     Document Type: Article

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