Arctic Climate and Water Change: Model and Observation Relevance for Assessment and Adaptation

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 853-877

  Bring, Arvid ^a   Destouni, Georgia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arctic; Climate change; Hydrology; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; MONITORING; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MONITORING; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; POLITICAL INTEREST; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; RAPID TRANSFORMATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DRAINAGE BASIN; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84897471798     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-013-9267-6     Document Type: Review

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