The impact of climate change on hydrometeorological droughts at a basin scale

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 290-301

  Vrochidou, A E K ^a   Tsanis, I K ^a,b   Grillakis, M G ^a   Koutroulis, A G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crete; Drought; Hydrometeorological; Threshold level method; Variables

Indexed keywords

BASIN SCALE; CRETE; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT DURATION; EMISSION SCENARIO; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HBV MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RESERVOIR VOLUME; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; THRESHOLD LEVELS; VARIABLES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOIL MOISTURE;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT STRESS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE; GREECE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84870999366     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.046     Document Type: Article

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