Projecting climate change in the United States: A technical document supporting the Forest Service RPA 2010 Assessment

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 320 RMRS-GTR-320, 2014, Pages 1-96

  Joyce, Linda A ^a   Price, David T ^b   Coulson, David P ^a   McKenney, Daniel W ^c   Siltanen, R Martin ^b   Papadopol, Pia ^c   Lawrence, Kevin ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate scenario; Downscaling; Natural renewable resource assessments; PRISM; RPA Scenarios

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898869524     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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