Modeling the impacts of future climate change on water resources for the Gllego river basin (Spain)

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Majone, B ^a   Bovolo, C I ^b   Bellin, A ^a   Blenkinsop, S ^b   Fowler, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; AVAILABLE WATER; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; EBRO RIVER; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; FLOOD EVENT; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDRO-POWER GENERATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; IRRIGATION PERIOD; LOW FLOW; PARAMETERIZATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; RIVER BASINS; SUMMER MONTHS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRIGATION; MODEL STRUCTURES; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOOD; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; TRIBUTARY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE;

ARAGON; GALLEGO BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84856021926     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010985     Document Type: Article

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