Modeling of the Mendoza river watershed as a tool to study climate change impacts on water availability

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-97

  Schwank, Julia ^a   Escobar, Rocío ^a   Girón, Gissela H ^a   Morán Tejeda, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mendoza; Mountainous catchments; SWAT modeling; Water availability

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID INTAKE; MENDOZA RIVER WATERSHED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; WINTER;

EID: 84906229056     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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