Fine-scale hydrologic modeling for regional landscape applications: The California Basin Characterization Model development and performance

Ecological Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-21

  Flint, Lorraine E ^a   Flint, Alan L ^a   Thorne, James H ^b   Boynton, Ryan ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin characterization model; Basin models; Climate change; Downscaling; Water balance; Watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

DOWN-SCALING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS; POLITICAL BOUNDARIES; REGIONAL WATER BALANCE; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MODELS; WATER BALANCE; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DOWNSCALING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013271300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-25     Document Type: Article

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