How will hydroelectric power generation develop under climate change scenarios? A case study in the upper danube basin

Energies

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1508-1541

  Koch, Franziska ^a   Prasch, Monika ^a   Bach, Heike ^b   Mauser, Wolfram ^a   Appel, Florian ^b   Weber, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b VISTA REMOTE SENSING IN GEOSCIENCES GMBH   (Germany)

^c BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glowa danube; Hydroelectric power generation; PROMET; Runoff components; Upper danube basin

Indexed keywords

HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; RUNOFF; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; EMISSION SCENARIO; GLOWA-DANUBE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PROMET; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RUNOFF COMPONENTS; UPPER DANUBE BASINS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 80455179704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en4101508     Document Type: Article

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