Evaluating different GCMs for predicting spatial recharge in an irrigated arid region

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 374, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 265-281

  Toews, Michael W ^a   Allen, Diana M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; GCM; Irrigation; Okanagan; Recharge modelling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ARID AREA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE MODEL; DOWNSCALING; FUTURE CLIMATE; GCM; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; IRRIGATION RATES; IRRIGATION RETURN FLOWS; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LARGE COMPONENTS; NATURAL RECHARGE; OKANAGAN; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; RECHARGE MODELLING; RECHARGE RATES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SOIL PROFILES; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STOCHASTIC WEATHER GENERATOR; SUMMER MONTHS; TEMPERATURE DATA; THREE MODELS; TIME PERIODS; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND;

ARID REGIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SUN; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; RECHARGE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER BUDGET;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OKANAGAN BASIN;

EID: 68349088176     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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