Uncertainty assessment of climate change impacts on the hydrology of small prairie wetlands

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 396, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 94-103

  Zhang, Hua ^a   Huang, Guo H ^a   Wang, Dunling ^b   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; Prairie hydrology; Uncertainty; Weather generator

Indexed keywords

BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DIFFERENT WEATHERS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; DOWN-SCALING; DOWNSCALING METHODS; FUTURE CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFORMATION LOSS; PRAIRIE HYDROLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RESERVOIR STORAGE; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; WATER YIELD; WEATHER GENERATOR;

CLIMATE MODELS; HYDROLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWNSCALING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRAIRIE; WARMING; WEATHER; WETLAND;

CANADA;

EID: 78650177796     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.037     Document Type: Article

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