A systematic approach to assessing the sensitivity and vulnerability of water availability to climate change in Europe

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Weiß, Martina ^a   Alcamo, Joseph ^a  

^a Center for Environmental Systems Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATIC CHANGES; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; FLOW REGIMES; IMPACT STUDY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LOW FLOW; MULTI-MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RESPONSE SURFACE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; RIVER BASINS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

CLIMATE MODELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LOW FLOW; RIVER BASIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

EUROPE;

EID: 79952210578     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008516     Document Type: Article

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