Hydrological projections of fluvial floods in the Uruguay and Paraná basins under different climate change scenarios

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 389-399

  Camilloni, Inés A ^a,b   Saurral, Ramiro I ^a,b   Montroull, Natalia B ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate change; flooding; future scenarios; Paran River; Uruguay River

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

LA PLATA BASIN; PARANA RIVER; URUGUAY RIVER;

EID: 84896710860     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2013.819006     Document Type: Article

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