Assessment of uncertainty in river flow projections for the Mekong River using multiple GCMs and hydrological models

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 486, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-30

  Thompson, J R ^a   Green, A J ^a   Kingston, D G ^b   Gosling, S N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mac PDM; Mekong; MIKE SHE; SLURP; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

MAC-PDM; MEKONG; MIKE SHE; SLURP; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; LASERS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 84875553732     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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