Modeling variable river flow velocity on continental scale: Current situation and climate change impacts in Europe

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 424-425, Issue , 2012, Pages 238-251

  Verzano, Kerstin ^a   Bärlund, Ilona ^a   Flörke, Martina ^a   Lehner, Bernhard ^b   Kynast, Ellen ^a   Voß, Frank ^a   Alcamo, Joseph ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Climate change; Manning's n; Manning Strickler; Residence time; River flow velocity; WaterGAP

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CONSTANT FLOW; CONTINENTAL SCALE; CURRENT SITUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOOD DISCHARGE; GAUGING STATIONS; GLOBAL SCALE; HIGH-RESOLUTION DEM; HYDRAULIC RADIUS; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LARGE RIVERS; LARGE SCALE HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; LATERAL TRANSPORT; MANNING-STRICKLER; MODEL RESULTS; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER BED; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER SYSTEMS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; URBAN POPULATION; VARIABLE FLOW VELOCITY; VELOCITY-BASED; WATERGAP;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

FLOW VELOCITY;

BED ROUGHNESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW VELOCITY; GAUGE; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER BED; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84856804402     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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