The impact of climate change on the water resources of Hindukush-Karakorum-Himalaya region under different glacier coverage scenarios

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 355, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 148-163

  Akhtar, M ^a   Ahmad, N ^a   Booij, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Delta change approach; Glacier coverage; HBV model; Hindukush Karakorum Himalaya region; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DELTA CHANGE APPROACH; GLACIER COVERAGE; HBV MODEL; HINDUKUSH-KARAKORUM-HIMALAYA REGION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL;

GLACIERS;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; GLACIER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH; KARAKORAM; SOUTH ASIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 43949094464     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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