The impacts of climate change on river flow regimes at the global scale

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 486, Issue , 2013, Pages 351-364

  Arnell, Nigel W ^a   Gosling, Simon N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; CMIP3; Global hydrological model; Impacts; River flow regimes

Indexed keywords

CMIP3; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; HYDROLOGICAL INDICATORS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; IMPACTS; RIVER FLOW; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND SURFACE; LINEARITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; EUROPE;

EID: 84875480986     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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