Examining why trends in very heavy precipitation should not be mistaken for trends in very high river discharge

Climatic Change

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 681-693

  Ivancic, Timothy J ^a   Shaw, Stephen B ^a  

^a 402 Baker Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION DATA; RIVERINE FLOODING; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; FLOODING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMWATER; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947863961     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1476-1     Document Type: Article

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