caa a22 4500 469037660 CHVBK 20180323132800.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00154172 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00154172 Effects of climatic change and climatic variability on the Thornthwaite moisture index in the Delaware River basin [Elektronische Daten] [Gregory McCabe Jr., David Wolock] The Thornthwaite moisture index is useful as an indicator of the supply of water in an area relative to the demand under prevailing climatic conditions. This study examines the effects of long-term changes in climate (temperature and precipitation) on the Thornthwaite moisture index in the Delaware River basin. Temperature and precipitation estimates for doubled-CO2 conditions derived from three general circulation models (GCMs) are used to study the response of the moisture index for steady-state doubled-CO2 conditions and for gradual changes from present to doubled-CO2 conditions. Results of the study indicate that temperature and precipitation under doubled-CO2 conditions will cause the Thornthwaite moisture index to decrease, implying significantly drier conditions in the Delaware River basin than currently exist. The amount of decrease depends, however, on the GCM climatic-change scenario used. The results also indicate that future changes in the moisture index will be partly masked by natural year-to-year variability in temperature and precipitation. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 McCabe Jr. Gregory U.S. Geological Survey, 810 Bear Tavern Road, 08628, West Trenton, NJ, U.S.A. aut Wolock David U.S. Geological Survey, 810 Bear Tavern Road, 08628, West Trenton, NJ, U.S.A. aut Climatic Change Kluwer Academic Publishers 20/2(1992-02-01), 143-153 0165-0009 20:2<143 1992 20 10584 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154172 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154172 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McCabe Jr Gregory U.S. Geological Survey, 810 Bear Tavern Road, 08628, West Trenton, NJ, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wolock David U.S. Geological Survey, 810 Bear Tavern Road, 08628, West Trenton, NJ, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Climatic Change Kluwer Academic Publishers 20/2(1992-02-01), 143-153 0165-0009 20:2<143 1992 20 10584 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer