The impacts of climate change on hydrology in Ireland

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 28-45

  Steele Dunne, Susan ^a,b   Lynch, Peter ^a   McGrath, Ray ^b   Semmler, Tido ^b   Wang, Shiyu ^b   Hanafin, Jenny ^a,b   Nolan, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Irish Meteorological Service   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Catchment hydrology; Climate change; Ireland; Parameter uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; CLIMATE MODEL; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STREAMFLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 46549084982     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.03.025     Document Type: Article

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