Climate change and human impacts on hydroclimatic variability in the reno river catchment, Northern Italy

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 535-545

  Pavanelli, Donatella ^a   Capra, Antonina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic change; Catchment water budget; Environmental change; Italian apennines; Streamflow change

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INFLOW; OUTFLOW; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET;

APENNINES; ITALY; RENO RIVER;

EID: 84899081759     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201300213     Document Type: Article

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