From climate model ensembles to climate change impacts and adaptation: A case study of water resource management in the southwest of England

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Lopez, Ana ^a,b   Fung, Fai ^a   New, Mark ^a   Watts, Glenn ^c   Weston, Alan ^c   Wilby, Robert L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ADDED VALUES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE MODEL; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; ENGLAND; FUTURE CLIMATE; IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION; MODELING TOOL; PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DECISION MAKING; FUTURE PROSPECT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349539141     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007499     Document Type: Article

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