Incorporation of climate change in water availability modeling

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 375-385

  Wurbs, Ralph A ^a   Muttiah, Ranjan S ^b   Felden, Fabrice ^c  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHAEL BAKER JR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Computer models; Reservoir systems; River basins; Texas; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER BASINS; TEXAS, USA; WATER AVAILABILITY MODELING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 24944440432     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2005)10:5(375)     Document Type: Article

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