Impact of climate change on the water resources of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East region: Modeled 21st century changes and implications

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Chenoweth, Jonathan ^a   Hadjinicolaou, Panos ^b   Bruggeman, Adriana ^b   Lelieveld, Jos ^b,c,d   Levin, Zev ^b,e   Lange, Manfred A ^b   Xoplaki, Elena ^b,f   Hadjikakou, Michalis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-LINE; MIDDLE EAST; PER CAPITA; POPULATION GROWTH; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RIVER BASINS; SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE; VIRTUAL WATER; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER NEEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESALINATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER FILTRATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DESALINATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER BASIN; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER RESOURCE;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 79958843251     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010269     Document Type: Article

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