Climate change impacts on water yields and demands in south-western Australiarn Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 475, Issue , 2012, Pages 488-498

  McFarlane, Don ^a   Stone, Roy ^b   Martens, Sasha ^c   Thomas, Jonathan ^d   Silberstein, Richard ^a   Ali, Riasat ^a   Hodgson, Geoff ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Department of Water ^*  (Australia)

^c Jim Davies and Associates   (Australia)

^d Resource Economics Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Groundwater yield; Runoff yield; Water demand

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE SHIFTS; COASTAL PLAIN; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER USE; HALF-IF; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELLING; RUNOFF YIELD; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER DEFICITS; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGERS; WATER YIELD;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER YIELD;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870243936     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.038     Document Type: Article

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