Comparing impacts of climate change on streamflow in four large African river basins

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1305-1321

  Aich, V ^a   Liersch, S ^a   Vetter, T ^a   Huang, S ^a   Tecklenburg, J ^a   Hoffmann, P ^a   Koch, H ^a   Fournet, S ^a   Krysanova, V ^a   Muller E N ^b   Hattermann, F F ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; EARTH (PLANET); STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; ECO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; INTEGRATED MODELING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODEL VALIDATION; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84897983723     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-1305-2014     Document Type: Article

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