Impacts of Changing Climatic Conditions in the Upper Thames River Basin

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-284

  Prodanovic, Predrag ^a   Simonovic, Slobodan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; RIVER BASIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 38749124766     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3204265     Document Type: Article

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