Hydrological changes in the U.S. Northeast using the Connecticut River Basin as a case study: Part 1. Modeling and analysis of the past

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 208-222

  Parr, Dana ^a   Wang, Guiling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme precipitation; Flood; Hydrological trend; Northeast; VIC

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHEDS;

EXTREME PRECIPITATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL TREND; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NORTHEAST; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF;

CONNECTICUT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907703235     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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