Impact of climate change on the stream flow of the lower Brahmaputra: Trends in high and low flows based on discharge-weighted ensemble modelling

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1537-1545

  Gain, A K ^a,b   Immerzeel, W W ^b,c   Sperna Weiland, F C ^b,d   Bierkens, M F P ^b,d  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FutureWater Wageningen   (Netherlands)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA; COMBINED EFFECT; DEVASTATING EFFECTS; FIRST ORDER; FUTURE TRENDS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIGH FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LONG TERM RECORDS; LOW FLOW; LOW FLOW CONDITION; MODEL OUTPUTS; MONSOON RAINFALL; MULTI-MODEL; NOVEL METHODS; PEAK FLOWS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER FLOW; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; STREAMFLOW SIMULATIONS; VULNERABLE AREA;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MELT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STREAMFLOW; VULNERABILITY;

BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN; GANGES BASIN;

EID: 79957523928     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1537-2011     Document Type: Article

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