The potential impact of future climate change on Lebanese river basin hydrology using scenarios

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 295, 2005, Pages 103-110

  Hreiche, Antoine ^a   Bocquillon, Claude ^a   Najem, Wajdi ^a   Dandach, Diala ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Climate change scenarios; Mediterranean; Streamflow impact

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM); MEDITERRANEAN; STREAMFLOW IMPACT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17444386033     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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