Assessing climate change impacts on water availability of snowmelt-dominated basins of the Upper Rio Grande basin

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 525-546

  Elias, E H ^a   Rango, A ^a   Steele, C M ^a   Mejia, J F ^b   Smith, R ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Snowmelt runoff model; Upper rio grande; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930865110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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