Quantifying uncertainty sources in an ensemble of hydrological climate-impact projections

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1523-1536

  Bosshard, T ^a   Carambia, M ^b   Goergen, K ^c   Kotlarski, S ^a   Krahe, P ^b   Zappa, M ^d   Schar C ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^c Centre de Recherche Publi Gabriel Lippmann   (Luxembourg)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

climate; decomposition; impact; runoff; sources; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; IMPACT; INDIVIDUAL MODELING; INDIVIDUAL UNCERTAINTIES; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY SOURCES;

CLIMATE MODELS; DECOMPOSITION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; RUNOFF;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL PERIOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84876706876     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011533     Document Type: Article

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