Climate change impact on river flows and catchment hydrology: A comparison of two spatially distributed models

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 3649-3662

  Vansteenkiste, Thomas ^a,b   Tavakoli, Mohsen ^c   Ntegeka, Victor ^a   Willems, Patrick ^a,c   De Smedt, Florimond ^c   Batelaan, Okke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FLANDERS HYDRAULICS RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change impact analysis; Distributed hydrological models; MIKE SHE; Model comparison; WetSpa

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RIVERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; MIKE SHE; MODEL COMPARISON; WETSPA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PEAK FLOW; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84894062519     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9480     Document Type: Article

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