Relevance of hydro-climatic change projection and monitoring for assessment of water cycle changes in the arctic

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-369

  Bring, Arvid ^a   Destouni, Georgia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; General circulation models; Hydrology; Monitoring; Pan Arctic drainage basin; Runoff

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; DRAINAGE BASIN; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERMAFROST; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; WATER CYCLE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; WATER CYCLE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 79952914459     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0109-1     Document Type: Article

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