Impact of climate variability on runoff in the North-Central United States

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 148-158

  Ryberg, Karen R ^a   Lin, Wei ^b   Vecchia, Aldo V ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Evapotranspiration; Land use; Precipitation; Regional analysis; Streamflow; Surface water; Water balance; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODS; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REGIONAL PLANNING; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW RECORDS; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; LAND USE CHANGE; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904914391     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000775     Document Type: Article

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