Extreme value indicators in highly resolved climate change simulations for the Jordan River area

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Samuels, R ^a   Smiatek, G ^b   Krichak, S ^a   Kunstmann, H ^b   Alpert, P ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHANGING TRENDS; CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; CONTROL PERIODS; DRY SPELLS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME RAINFALL; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; EXTREME VALUE; GLOBAL MODELS; HEAVY RAINFALL; JORDAN RIVER; MIDDLE EAST; OPTIMAL PLANNING; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; RAINFALL EVENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SPATIAL SCALE; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DESERT; EXTREME EVENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

JORDAN RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84855430022     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016322     Document Type: Article

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