Study of climate change impact on flood frequencies: A combined weather generator and hydrological modeling approach

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1205-1219

  Qin, X S ^a   Lu, Y ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; WATERSHED;

CHINA;

EID: 84901912481     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-0126.1     Document Type: Article

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