Modelling impacts of climate change on water resources in ungauged and data-scarce watersheds. Application to the Siurana catchment (NE Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 440, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-260

  Candela, Lucila ^a   Tamoh, Karim ^a   Olivares, Gonzalo ^a   Gomez, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Data scarcity; Models coupling; The Siurana catchment; Ungauged watersheds; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATIC PARAMETERS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; DATA SCARCITY; DISTRIBUTED MODELS; FLOW REGIMES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HEC-HMS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LIMITED DATA; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; NATURAL RECHARGE; PHYSICALLY BASED; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PRECIPITATION VOLUME; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL RUNOFF; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS; TIME SLICE; UNGAUGED BASINS; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT; UNGAUGED WATERSHED;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WATER RESOURCES;

RAIN; SURFACE WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER CYCLE; WATERSHED;

SPAIN;

EID: 84868702950     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.062     Document Type: Article

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