Effects of climate change on water resources and runoff in an Alpine basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 1659-1669

  Seidel, Klaus ^a   Ehrler, Cornel ^a   Martinec, Jaroslav ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HYDROGRAPHS; SNOWMELT RUNOFF MODEL (SRM);

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAPPING; RUNOFF; SNOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

HYDROLOGY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 0032148023     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199808/09)12:10/11<1659::AID-HYP687>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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