Future climate: Projected average

Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States: A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 101-125

  Cayan, Daniel R ^a,b   Tyree, Mary ^a   Kunkel, Kenneth E ^c   Castro, Chris ^d   Gershunov, Alexander ^a   Barsugli, Joseph ^e   Ray, Andrea J ^f   Overpeck, Jonathan ^d   Anderson, Michael ^g   Russell, Joellen ^d   Rajagopalan, Balaji ^e   Rangwala, Imtiaz ^h   Duffy, Phil ⁱ   Barlow, Mathew ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 84927636401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-484-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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