Hydrological impacts of changes in evapotranspiration and precipitation: Two case studies in semi-arid and humid climates

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1216-1231

  Möller, Markus ^a   Stanhill, Gerald ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Class A pan; Inter annual variability; Irrigation water requirement; Linear trends; Return period; Water balance model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITY; IRRIGATION WATER REQUIREMENT; WATER BALANCE MODEL;

HYDROLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; IRRIGATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RETURN PERIOD; SEMIARID REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER STRESS;

ASIA; BET DAGAN; CENTRAL DISTRICT; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249009149     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.52.6.1216     Document Type: Article

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