Effect of climate change on low-flow conditions in the Ruscom River watershed, Ontario

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1521-1532

  Rahman, M ^a   Bolisettic, T ^a   Balachandar, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Low flow; Model; RCM; Streamflow; SWAT; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CHANGE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW DURATION CURVE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GREAT LAKES; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; LOCAL SCALE; LOW FLOW; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MONTHLY FLOW; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; RCM; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RETURN PERIODS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; SUBWATERSHEDS; SWAT; WEATHER DATA; WEATHER GENERATOR;

CLIMATE MODELS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LOW FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; LAKE SAINT CLAIR; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; RUSCOM RIVER;

EID: 78149377569     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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