Climate change impact on a groundwater-influenced hillslope ecosystem

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Brolsma, R J ^a,b   Van Vliet, M T H ^b,c   Bierkens, M F P ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC CO; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CARBON ASSIMILATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COMBINED EFFECT; CONTINUUM MODEL; DOWNSLOPE; DRY SOIL CONDITIONS; ECOHYDROLOGICAL MODEL; FULLY-COUPLED; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MODEL RESULTS; NETHERLANDS; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; STOCHASTIC WEATHER GENERATOR; TEMPERATURE RISE; VARIABLY SATURATED; VEGETATION GROWTH; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WEATHER DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; SOILS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOHYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HILLSLOPE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78149313843     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008782     Document Type: Article

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