Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrology of Upper Tiber River Basin Using Bias Corrected Regional Climate Model

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1327-1343

  Fiseha, B M ^a,b   Setegn, S G ^b   Melesse, A M ^b   Volpi, E ^a   Fiori, A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Climate change; Hydrological modeling; RCM; SWAT; Tiber River basin

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; WATERSHEDS;

BIAS CORRECTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RCM; RIVER BASINS; SWAT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER BASIN; WATER BUDGET; WATER YIELD;

ITALY; TIBER BASIN;

EID: 84897576816     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0546-x     Document Type: Article

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