EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON INLAND WATERS OF THE PACIFIC COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN GREAT BASIN OF NORTH AMERICA

• Published in: Hydrological Processes Vol. 11; no. 8; pp. 971 - 992
• Main Authors: MELACK, JOHN M., DOZIER, JEFF, GOLDMAN, CHARLES R., GREENLAND, DAVID, MILNER, ALEXANDER M., NAIMAN, ROBERT J.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: West Sussex John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 30.06.1997; Wiley
• Subjects: climate change; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Exact sciences and technology; Freshwater; global warming; hydrological response; Hydrology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; inland waters; Pacific Coastal Mountains; Pollution, environment geology; Western Great Basin; Western U.S; Basin and Range Province; United States; Pacific Coast; Great Basin; North America; glaciers; carbon dioxide; salt lakes; mass balance; fresh-water environment; atmospheric precipitation; simulation; greenhouse effect; climate warming; runoff; climate; North America; paleoclimate; meltwater; climate modification; global warming; productivity; ecosystems; prediction; temperature; lakes

The region designated as the Pacific Coastal Mountains and Western Great Basin extends from southern Alaska (64°N) to southern California (34°N) and ranges in altitude from sea level to 6200 m. Orographic effects combine with moisture‐laden frontal systems originating in the Pacific Ocean to produce...