Using Large Climate Ensembles to Plan for the Hydrological Impact of Climate Change in the Freshwater Environment

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1063-1084

  Fung, Fai ^a   Watts, Glenn ^b   Lopez, Ana ^a,c   Orr, Harriet G ^b   New, Mark ^a,d   Extence, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decision making; Large ensembles; Macro invertebrate response; Modelling; River ecosystems; Uncertainty; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; MODELS; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; LARGE ENSEMBLES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECISION MAKING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE; ITCHEN RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873747198     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0080-7     Document Type: Article

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