Hydroclimatological response to dynamically downscaled climate change simulations for Korean basins

Climatic Change

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 485-508

  Im, Eun Soon ^a,d   Jung, Il Won ^b,c   Chang, Heejun ^c   Bae, Deg Hyo ^b   Kwon, Won Tae ^a  

^a Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS CORRECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; GRID-SPACINGS; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MONTHLY CHANGE; SIMILAR PATTERN; SNOWMELT; SOUTH KOREA; STUDY AREAS;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BASIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 77953081606     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9691-2     Document Type: Article

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