Physio-climatic controls on vulnerability of watersheds to climate and land use change across the United States.
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We combine the strengths of recently developed exploratory modeling frameworks and comparative hydrology to quantify the relationship between watershed’s vulnerability and its physio-climatic characteristics.
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We propose a definition of vulnerability that can be used by a diverse range of water system managers and is useful in the presence of large uncertainties in drivers of environmental change.
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We estimate the vulnerability of 69 watersheds in the United States to climate and land use change.
