Thresholds of hydrologic flow regime of a river and investigation of climate change impact-the case of the Lower Brahmaputra river Basin

Climatic Change

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 463-475

  Gain, Animesh K ^a   Apel, Heiko ^b   Renaud, Fabrice G ^c   Giupponi, Carlo ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; FLOOD CLASSIFICATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NATURAL RANGE OF VARIATION; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; THRESHOLD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN;

EID: 84881615283     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0800-x     Document Type: Article

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