A multi-model approach for improved simulations of future water availability at a large Eastern Mediterranean karst spring

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2012, Pages 130-138

  Hartmann, Andreas ^a   Lange, Jens ^a   Vivó Aguado, Àngela ^a   Mizyed, Numan ^b   Smiatek, Gerhard ^c   Kunstmann, Harald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conceptual modeling; Faria spring; Groundwater abstraction; Karst hydrology; Mediterranean karst

Indexed keywords

AVERAGING METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CLIMATE VARIABLES; CONCEPTUAL MODELING; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; KARST AQUIFER; KARST HYDROLOGY; KARST SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN KARST; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MULTI-MODEL; SPRING-IN; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER NEEDS;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SPRINGS (WATER); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KARST HYDROLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PUMPING; SPRING WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WEST BANK;

EID: 84867096097     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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