A method for estimating climate change impacts on mean and extreme rainfall and runoff

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 497-504

  Harrold, T I ^a   Chiew, F H S ^a   Siriwardena, L ^a  

^a University of Melbourne ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate change impact; Climate change scenario; Rainfall; Runoff

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; ANNUAL RUNOFF; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CONSTANT FACTORS; CONSTANT SCALING; DAILY RAINFALL; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; EXTREME RAINFALL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; LINEAR RESPONSE; POLLUTANT LOADS; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; RUNOFF SIMULATION; SCALING METHOD; THRESHOLD PROCESS; MEAN ANNUAL RUNOFFS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; RUNOFF; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

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EID: 80052986422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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