Emergence of new hydrologic regimes of surface water resources in the conterminous United States under future warming

Leng, Guoyong; Huang, Maoyi; Voisin, Nathalie; Zhang, Xuesong; Asrar, Ghassem R.; Leung, L. Ruby

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114003

Title: Emergence of new hydrologic regimes of surface water resources in the conterminous United States under future warming

Journal Article · Tue Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Environmental Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114003· OSTI ID:1329969

Leng, Guoyong; Huang, Maoyi; Voisin, Nathalie; Zhang, Xuesong; Asrar, Ghassem R.; Leung, L. Ruby

Emergence of significant changes in surface water PDF is detected across CONUS. Such emergence can be derived using global temperature increments at the national scale independent of emission scenarios but the relationship does not hold at sub-basin scale. The emergence of significant changes are due to changes in interannual variability rather than seasonal mean.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: Integrated Assessment Research prog; AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1329969

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1329970; OSTI ID: 1340819

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-117644

Journal Information:: Environmental Research Letters, Journal Name: Environmental Research Letters Vol. 11 Journal Issue: 11; ISSN 1748-9326

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