Uncertainty in climate change projections of discharge for the Mekong River Basin

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1459-1471

  Kingston, D G ^a,b   Thompson, J R ^a   Kite, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Bryn Eithin   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MEKONG RIVER; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL RESOURCES; RIVER BASINS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SNOW STORAGE; SNOW-MELT SEASON; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRONG CONSISTENCY; SUBBASINS;

CLIMATE MODELS; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FISHERY PRODUCTION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOWMELT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 79956077560     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1459-2011     Document Type: Article

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