Potential impacts of climate warming on water supply reliability in the Tuolumne and Merced River Basins, California

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kiparsky, Michael ^a   Joyce, Brian ^b   Purkey, David ^b   Young, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PROCESS MODEL; RIVER BASIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; RIVER; WATER FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84922235494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084946     Document Type: Article

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