Snowmelt contributions to discharge of the Ganges

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Siderius, C ^a   Biemans, H ^a   Wiltshire, A ^b   Rao, S ^c   Franssen, W H P ^a   Kumar, P ^d   Gosain, A K ^b   van Vliet, M T H ^a   Collins, D N ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elevation; Ganges; Himalaya; JULES; LPJmL; Snowmelt contribution; SWAT; VIC

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; RUNOFF;

ELEVATION; GANGES; HIMALAYAS; JULES; LPJML; SNOWMELT; SWAT;

SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONSOON; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLACIER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

GANGES RIVER; HIMALAYAS;

ELEVATION; GANGES; HIMALAYA; JULES; LPJML; SNOWMELT CONTRIBUTION; SWAT; VIC;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SEASONS; SNOW; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84891739857     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.084     Document Type: Article

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