Future climate and runoff projections across New South Wales, Australia: Results and practical applications

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-35

  Vaze, J ^a   Teng, J ^b  

^a NSW Office of Water   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate change impact on runoff; Rainfall runoff modelling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; ANNUAL RUNOFF; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DATA SETS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELLING; STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; WEB INTERFACE;

ESTIMATION; GLOBAL WARMING; RAIN;

RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 78650350372     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7812     Document Type: Article

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