A model-based assessment of the effects of projected climate change on the water resources of Jordan

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1931, 2010, Pages 5151-5172

  Wade, A J ^a   Black, E ^a   Brayshaw, D J ^a   El Bastawesy, M ^b   Holmes, P A C ^c   Butterfield, D ^a   Nuimat, S ^d   Jamjoum, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES   (Egypt)

^c Water Resource Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d National Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Groundwater; Hydrology; Jordan; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANNUAL RAINFALL; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE]; EXTREME FLOOD; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; JORDAN; MODEL-BASED; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SECURITY; WEATHER GENERATOR; WINTER RAINFALL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; JORDAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORECASTING; JORDAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER CYCLE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

EID: 78649349061     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0207     Document Type: Article

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