Integrated assessment of changes in flooding probabilities due to climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 283-312

  Kleinen, Thomas ^a,b   Petschel Held, Gerhard ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY;

CLIMATE IMPACT RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; FLOODING PROBABILITY; GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY; RIVER BASIN;

EID: 33847640663     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9159-6     Document Type: Article

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