National scale assessment of climate change impacts on flooding in Finland

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 391, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 333-350

  Veijalainen, Noora ^a   Lotsari, Eliisa ^b   Alho, Petteri ^b   Vehviläinen, Bertel ^a   Käyhkö, Jukka ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Finland; Flood; Flood inundation area; Hydraulic modelling; Hydrological modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; FINLAND; FLOOD ASSESSMENT; FLOOD-PLAINS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; HYDRAULIC MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RETURN PERIODS; RIVER CHANNELS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; STUDY SITES;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER CHANNEL; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; WATERSHED;

FINLAND;

EID: 77956265017     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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