Potential effects of climate change on inundation patterns in the Amazon Basin

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2247-2262

  Langerwisch, F ^a   Rost, S ^a   Gerten, D ^a   Poulter, B ^b   Rammig, A ^a   Cramer, W ^c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL FLOODING; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE PROJECTION; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HYDROLOGY MODELING; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION;

FLOODS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; VEGETATION;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONIA;

EID: 84885005975     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-2247-2013     Document Type: Article

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