Assessment of climate change on the future water levels of the Iberá wetlands, Argentina, during the twenty-first century

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 401-410

  Montroull, Natalia B ^a   Saurral, Ramiro I ^a,b   Camilloni, Inés A ^a,b   Grimson, Rafael ^b,c   Vasquez, Pablo ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Universidad de Buenos Aires Inst de Investigaciones Matemáticas Luis A Santalo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

climate change; Iber wetlands; VIC hydrologic model; Wetland hydrology simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAKE LEVEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

ARGENTINA; CORRIENTES; IBERA LAKE; IBERA WETLANDS; LA PLATA BASIN;

EID: 84896731780     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2013.819807     Document Type: Article

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