Impact of climate change on the hydrology of St. Lawrence tributaries

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 65-83

  Boyer, Claudine ^a   Chaumont, Diane ^b   Chartier, Isabelle ^c   Roy, André G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Institut de recherche d'Hydro Québec ^*  (Canada)

^c HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrology; Modeling; River; Stream flow; Variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PROJECTION; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; COMBINED EFFECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGHER LATITUDES; HISTORICAL DATA; HYDROLOGIC DATA; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; LARGE PARTS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MODELING; PRECIPITATION PHASE; QUEBEC , CANADA; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOW COVERS; SPRING DISCHARGES; SPRING SEASON; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL SHIFTS; TIME-SCALES; WATER VOLUMES;

ECOSYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RIVERS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE COVER; SEDIMENTATION; SNOW COVER; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

EID: 77649341197     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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