Climatic Change and Water Supply in the Great Basin

TitleClimatic Change and Water Supply in the Great Basin
Publication TypeThesis
Year of Publication1984
AuthorsFlaschka, IM
AdvisorStockton, C
DegreeMS
UniversityUniversity of Arizona
Abstract

The climatological literature contains considerable evidence that increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide will result in global warming. In order to investigate the effects of resultant climatic changes on runoff in the Great Basin, a water balance model based on average monthly precipitation and temperature was applied to four watersheds in the region.