Vulnerability Analysis of Future Public Water Supply Under Changing Climate Conditions: A Study of the Moy Catchment, Western Ireland

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3527-3545

  Hall, Julia ^a   Murphy, Conor ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ireland; PEST; Public water supply; Vulnerability assessment; Water stress; WEAP21

Indexed keywords

IRELAND; PEST; PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER STRESS; WEAP21;

CATCHMENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANNING; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; STREAMFLOW; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY;

CONNACHT; IRELAND; MOY RIVER;

EID: 84755160682     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9618-8     Document Type: Article

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