Downscaling experiment for the Venice lagoon. II. Effects of changes in precipitation on biogeochemical properties

Climate Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-59

  Cossarini, G ^a   Libralato, S ^a   Salon, S ^a   Gao, X ^b,c   Giorgi, F ^b   Solidoro, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical impacts; Downscaling; Scenario analysis; Venice lagoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL IMPACTS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; CLIMATIC CHANGES; COUPLED TRANSPORT; DOWNSCALING; EMISSION SCENARIO; NUTRIENT LOADS; POLICY DRIVEN; POSSIBLE FUTURES; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODELS; TO EFFECT; VENICE LAGOON;

AMPLIFICATION; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAKES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 67549118825     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00758     Document Type: Article

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