Climate impacts on river flow: Projections for the Medway catchment, UK, with UKCP09 and CATCHMOD

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3476-3489

  Cloke, H L ^a   Jeffers, C ^b   Wetterhall, F ^a   Byrne, T ^b   Lowe, J ^c   Pappenberger, F ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ensembles; River flow; Uncertainties; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CONSTANT PARAMETERS; DIRECT PERCOLATIONS; ENGLAND; ENSEMBLES; ENVIRONMENT AGENCY; FUTURE CLIMATE; HIGH FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LOW FLOW; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL RESULTS; POLICY DECISIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RIVER FLOW; RIVER FLOW PREDICTION; TIME SLICE; TIME-PERIODS; UNCERTAINTIES;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; RIVERS; SOLVENTS; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

ENGLAND; MEDWAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78149473504     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7769     Document Type: Article

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