Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Lake Regulation in the Vuoksi Watershed in Finland

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3437-3459

  Veijalainen, Noora ^a   Dubrovin, Tanja ^a   Marttunen, Mika ^a   Vehviläinen, Bertel ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Hydrological modelling; Impact assessment; Watercourse regulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; EASTERN FINLAND; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FINLAND; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCE; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LAKE REGULATION; SEASONAL CHANGES; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WATER LEVEL CHANGES; WATERCOURSE REGULATION; WATERSHED MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS; ECOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE WATER; OUTFLOW; RUNOFF; SNOW ACCUMULATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER LEVEL; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; FINLAND; ITA SUOMEN; LAKE PIELINEN; VUOKSI RIVER;

EID: 84755161543     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9614-z     Document Type: Article

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