Uncertainty assessment of climate change impacts for hydrologically distinct river basins

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-87

  Jung, Il Won ^a,b   Moradkhani, H ^a,b   Chang, H ^b  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate change impact assessment; PRMS; Snowmelt; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL PARAMETERS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COMBINED EFFECT; EMISSION SCENARIO; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC UNCERTAINTY; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; MODEL PARAMETERS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PARAMETER SPACES; PRMS; RELATIVE IMPACT; RIVER BASINS; RUNOFF MODELING; SNOWMELT; STATISTICAL PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84866556934     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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