Global warming and the summertime evapotranspiration regime of the Alpine region

Climatic Change

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 65-78

  Calanca, Pierluigi ^a   Roesch, Andreas ^b   Jasper, Karsten ^a   Wild, Martin ^b  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

CLIMATE CHANGE SIGNAL; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; SUMMER EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SUMMER TEMPERATURE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RESOLUTION; RIVER BASIN; SIMULATION; SUMMER;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33751549485     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9103-9     Document Type: Article

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