A comparison of hydrological models for assessing the impact of land use and climate change on discharge in a tropical catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 498, Issue , 2013, Pages 221-236

  Cornelissen, Thomas ^a   Diekkrüger, Bernd ^a   Giertz, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change scenarios; Discharge prediction; Land use scenarios; Model type intercomparison; Model uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; DISCHARGE PREDICTIONS; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAND-USE SCENARIO; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; LAND USE; RUNOFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84880389079     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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