A regional investigation of climate change impacts on UK streamflows

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 26-44

  Sefton, C E M ^a   Boorman, D B ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT FLOW; CATCHMENT RESPONSE; LAND USE INDICES; LANDSCAPE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; INTERPOLATION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RAIN; RUNOFF;

STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; RAINFALL; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; RAINFLOW/RUNOFF MODEL; STREAMFLOW;

UK, ENGLAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0031213627     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03257-X     Document Type: Article

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