Climate change and river flooding: Part 1 classifying the sensitivity of British catchments

Climatic Change

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 933-948

  Prudhomme, Christel ^a   Crooks, Sue ^a   Kay, Alison L ^a   Reynard, Nick ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT PROPERTIES; CHANGE FACTOR METHODS; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLUSTERING PROCEDURE; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PROPAGATION OF CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HARMONIC FUNCTIONS; RUNOFF; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; REGIONAL POLICY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880570435     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0748-x     Document Type: Article

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