A Stream Water Availability Model of Upper Indus Basin Based on a Topologic Model and Global Climatic Datasets

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4403-4443

  Mukhopadhyay, Biswajit ^a   Dutta, Aniruddha ^b  

^a HDR Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b WALTER P MOORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change effects on hydrology; Indus River; Snowmelt hydrology; Upper Indus basin; Water availability model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CRYOSPHERE; DATA SETS; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; EQUILIBRIUM LINES; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW ROUTING; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH RATE; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INDUS RIVER; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LAND COVER; LINEAR RESERVOIRS; MELT WATER; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODEL-BASED; NET RADIATION; PAKISTAN; PER CAPITA; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; RIVER BASINS; RIVER FLOW ROUTING; RIVER NETWORK; RUGGED TOPOGRAPHY; SEASONAL SNOW COVER; SNOW AND ICE; SNOWMELT HYDROLOGY; SOIL TYPES; SPACE-TIME VARIABILITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STREAM WATER; TEMPORAL COVERAGE; TRANS-BOUNDARY; UNGAUGED RIVERS; UPPER INDUS BASIN; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY MODEL; WET PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; EVAPORATION; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; NET RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOLOGY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

INDUS BASIN; INDUS RIVER; PAKISTAN;

EID: 78249282570     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9666-0     Document Type: Article

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