Regional climate change projections and hydrological impact analysis for a Mediterranean basin in Southern Italy

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 399, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 70-92

  Senatore, Alfonso ^a   Mendicino, Giuseppe ^a   Smiatek, Gerhard ^b   Kunstmann, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrological impact; In STRHyM; Mediterranean; Regional climate modeling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; BIAS CORRECTION; CONTROL PERIODS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; IN-STRHYM; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RIVER BASINS; ROOT ZONE; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPACE TIME; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TEMPERATURE FIELD; TIME FRAME; TIME SLICE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RESOURCE;

CALABRIA; COSENZA; CRATI BASIN; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79951579845     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.035     Document Type: Article

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