Modeling hydrological response of the Upper Suriname river basin to climate change

Journal of Spatial Hydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-22

  Nurmohamed, R ^a   Naipal, S ^a   De Smedt, F ^a  

^a ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME   (Suriname)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate change scenarios; Geographic information system; Global circulation models; Hydrologic modeling; Upper Suriname river basin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIVER BASIN;

SOUTH AMERICA; SURINAME;

EID: 34347331089     PISSN: 15304736     EISSN: 15500896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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