Hydrological effects of land use and climate changes in Northern Greece

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 225-241

  Baltas, E A ^a   Karaliolidou, M C ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aliakmon; Calibration; Climate; Land use; Model; Runoff; SWAT; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349171326     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230701622908     Document Type: Article

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