The future for global water assessment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 518, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 186-193

  Harding, Richard J ^a   Weedon, Graham P ^b   van Lanen, Henny A J ^c   Clark, Douglas B ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate models; Evaporation; Global; River discharge; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPORATION;

GLOBAL; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER ASSESSMENT; WATER CYCLE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

RHINE BASIN;

EID: 84907604867     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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