Water availability in southern portugal for different climate change scenarios subjected to bias correction

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-117

  Mourato, Sandra ^a,b   Moreira, Madalena ^b   Corte Real, João ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Climate change models; Hydrological modelling; Southern Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908021556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19823932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4090/juee.2014.v8n1.109117     Document Type: Article

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