Blue nile flow sensitivity to projected climatic change until 2100

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 315, 2007, Pages 284-294

  Nawaz, Rizwan ^a   Bellerby, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue nile; Climate change; Downscaling; Stochastic; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH SCIENCES; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); STOCHASTIC MODELS; WATER SUPPLY;

BLUE NILE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; DOWNSCALING; FLOW SENSITIVITIES; FORECAST SYSTEMS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MEAN FLOWS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL; RAINFALL DATUMS; RAINY SEASONS; STOCHASTIC; UNCERTAINTY;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; BLUE NILE [NILE RIVER]; EAST AFRICA; NILE RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 55749104418     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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