Comparison of three downscaling methods in simulating the impact of climate change on the hydrology of Mediterranean basins

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 383, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 111-124

  Quintana Segui P ^a,b   Ribes, A ^b   Martin, E ^b   Habets, F ^c   Boe J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Hydrology; Impacts; Mediterranean; Regional climate; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; HYDROLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

DOWN-SCALING; IMPACTS; MEDITERRANEAN; REGIONAL CLIMATE; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 76849103737     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.050     Document Type: Article

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