Methodology for selecting the best predictor for climate change impact assessment in Karkheh basin, Iran

Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-256

  Samadi, Seyedeh Zahra ^a   Mahdavi, Mohammad ^b   Sharifi, Forood ^c   Bihamta, Mohammad Reza ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Soil Conservation Watershed Management Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; General circulation models; Predictor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; IRAN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; IRAN;

EID: 73349116551     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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