Modelling the effects of climate change and its uncertainty on UK Chalk groundwater resources from an ensemble of global climate model projections

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 399, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 12-28

  Jackson, Christopher R ^a   Meister, Rakia ^a,c   Prudhomme, Christel ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk; Climate change; Global climate model; Groundwater resources; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; CATCHMENT SCALE; CHALK; CHANGING CLIMATE; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; ENGLAND; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; IMPACT STUDY; MARLBOROUGH; MULTI-MODEL; RECHARGE RATES; REDUCED PERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STUDY AREAS; SUB-CATCHMENT; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; UNCERTAINTY; VEGETATION TYPE;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BASEFLOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; LAND USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951580937     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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