Combined effect of global climate projection and hydrologic model uncertainties on the future changes of streamflow

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 81-91

  Najafi, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Moradkhani, Hamid ^a   Jung, Il Won ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SASCE ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrologic models; Streamflow; Uncertainty principles

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DRY SEASONS; EMISSION SCENARIO; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC UNCERTAINTY; HYDROLOGY MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL PARAMETERIZATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; RIVER BASINS; STREAMFLOW UNCERTAINTY; TIME SLICE; WET SEASON;

CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; GEOLOGIC MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77955010625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41114(371)10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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