Effect of Global Warming on Intensity and Frequency Curves of Precipitation, Case Study of Northwestern Iran

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1563-1579

  Roshan, Gholamreza ^a   Ghanghermeh, AbdolAzim ^a   Nasrabadi, Touraj ^b   Meimandi, Jafar Bahari ^b  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Clustering; Downscaling; Scenario

Indexed keywords

WATER RESOURCES;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLUSTERING; DOWN-SCALING; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; OPTIMAL EXPLOITATION; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; SCENARIO;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOWNSCALING; DROUGHT; FLOODING; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

ARDABIL; EAST AZERBAIJAN; HAMADAN; IRAN; KERMANSHAH; KORDESTAN; QAZVIN [IRAN]; QAZVIN [QAZVIN (PRV)]; SANANDAJ; TABRIZ;

EID: 84874271536     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0258-7     Document Type: Article

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