Assessing the long-term impact of climatic variability and human activities on the water resources of a meso-scale Mediterranean catchment

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1457-1469

  Collet, Lila ^a   Ruelland, Denis ^b   Borrell Estupina, Valerie ^a   Servat, Eric ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

climate variability; long term impact; Mediterranean catchment; water balance; water use

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LITHOLOGY; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM IMPACTS; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT; WATER BALANCE; WATER USE;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

FRANCE; HERAULT RIVER; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON;

EID: 84904319479     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.842073     Document Type: Article

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