Hydro-climatic changes and their monitoring in the Arctic: Observation-model comparisons and prioritization options for monitoring development

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 492, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-280

  Bring, Arvid ^a   Destouni, Georgia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arctic; Climate change; Hydrology; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC; ARCTIC BASIN; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRIORITIZATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; LASERS;

MONITORING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIORITIZATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84878518089     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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