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Response of snow-dependent hydrologic extremes to continued global warming [1]

Snow accumulation is critical for water availability in the Northern Hemisphere, raising concern that global warming could have important impacts on natural and human systems in snow-dependent regions. Although regional hydrologic changes have been observed, the time of emergence of extreme changes in snow accumulation and melt remains a key unknown for assessing climate-change impacts.

Publication Date: 
11/11/2012
Noah S. Diffenbaugh [2], Martin Scherer [3], Moetasim Ashfaq [4]
Nature Climate Change [5]
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Hydrology [6], Global Warming [7], Climate Science [8], Water Resources [9]
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