Estimates of future discharges of the river Rhine using two scenario methodologies: Direct versus delta approach

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1145-1159

  Lenderink, Geert ^a   Buishand, Adri ^a   Van Deursen, Willem ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b Carthago Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change impact; Extreme river flows; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RETURN PERIOD; RIVER DISCHARGE; TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE BASIN;

EID: 34248209190     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1145-2007     Document Type: Article

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