Climate change impacts on the hydrologic regime of a Canadian river: Comparing uncertainties arising from climate natural variability and lumped hydrological model structures

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2033-2047

  Seiller, G ^a   Anctil, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MODEL STRUCTURES; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL INDICATORS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; STREAMFLOW SIMULATIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 84901974973     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-2033-2014     Document Type: Article

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