Generating probabilistic estimates of hydrological response for Irish catchments using a weather generator and probabilistic climate change scenarios

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2307-2321

  Bastola, Satish ^a   Murphy, Conor ^a   Fealy, Rowan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Generalised Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation (GLUE); Hydrological models; Probabilistic climate change scenario; Weather generators

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IRELAND; POLICY FORMULATION; POLICY MAKERS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATES; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL MEAN; SEASONALITY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; WEATHER GENERATOR;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RUNOFF;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLICY MAKING; PROBABILITY; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES;

IRELAND;

EID: 84863867472     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8349     Document Type: Article

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