Increasing Mississippi river discharge throughout the 21st century influenced by changes in climate, land use, and atmospheric CO2

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 4978-4986

  Tao, Bo ^a   Tian, Hanqin ^a   Ren, Wei ^a   Yang, Jia ^a   Yang, Qichun ^a   He, Ruoying ^b   Cai, Weijun ^c   Lohrenz, Steven ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; land use; Mississippi River; river discharge

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; WATER RESOURCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL FOR CLIMATE CHANGES; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; MISSISSIPPI RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER RESOURCE;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906309165     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060361     Document Type: Article

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