One-Way coupling of an integrated assessment model and a water resources model: Evaluation and implications of future changes over the US Midwest

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4555-4575

  Voisin, N ^a   Liu, L ^a   Hejazi, M ^a   Tesfa, T ^a   Li, H ^a   Huang, M ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Leung, L R ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; GLOBAL INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; INCREASING SENSITIVITIES; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; LAND SURFACE HYDROLOGY; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES MODELING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

MISSOURI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887963900     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-4555-2013     Document Type: Article

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