How does climate change affect mesoscale catchments in Switzerland? - A framework for a comprehensive assessment

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 27, Issue , 2010, Pages 111-119

  Koplin N ^a   Viviroli, D ^a   SchaBdler B ^a   Weingartner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PEAK FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77957565850     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-27-111-2010     Document Type: Article

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