Impacts of climate change on electric power supply in the Western United States

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 748-752

  Bartos, Matthew D ^a   Chester, Mikhail V ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; DROUGHT; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; POWER PLANT; STREAMFLOW; WARMING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937950927     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2648     Document Type: Article

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