The effect of climate change on river flow and snow cover in the NOPEX area simulated by a simple water balance model

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 273-282

  Xu, C Y ^a   Halldin, Sven ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; MODEL; RIVER; RUNOFF; SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; NOPEX; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; WATER BALANCE;

EID: 0031428981     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.1998.19     Document Type: Article

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