Development of statistically unbiased twenty-first century hydrology scenarios over La Plata Basin

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 329-343

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

future hydrology scenarios; impact studies; La Plata Basin; regional climate models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STREAMFLOW; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

LA PLATA BASIN;

EID: 84896716636     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2014.885440     Document Type: Article

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